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Red Hat: RHSA-2008:0976-01 Moderate: Thunderbird Malicious Content Threat

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Calendar Grey November 19, 2008
Dist Redhat Esm H88
The Debian team issued a significant update for GIMP targeting essential vulnerabilities to strengthen image-editing software security.
Updated thunderbird packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impac...

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

Summary

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.
Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed HTML mail content. An HTML mail message containing malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2008-5014, CVE-2008-5016, CVE-2008-5017, CVE-2008-5018, CVE-2008-5021)
Several flaws were found in the way malformed HTML mail content was processed. An HTML mail message containing specially-crafted content could potentially trick a Thunderbird user into surrendering sensitive information. (CVE-2008-5012, CVE-2008-5022, CVE-2008-5024)
All Thunderbird users should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat software update moderate impact malicious content thunderbird email client

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5014 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5016 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5017 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5018 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5021 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5012 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5022 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5024

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
i386: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-17.el4.i386.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-17.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-17.el4.ia64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-17.el4.ia64.rpm
ppc: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-17.el4.ppc.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-17.el4.ppc.rpm
s390: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-17.el4.s390.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-17.el4.s390.rpm
s390x: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-17.el4.s390x.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-17.el4.s390x.rpm
x86_64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-17.el4.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-17.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
Source:
i386: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-17.el4.i386.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-17.el4.i386.rpm
x86_64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-17.el4.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-17.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
Source:
i386: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-17.el4.i386.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-17.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-17.el4.ia64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-17.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-17.el4.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-17.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:
Source:
i386:

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2008:0976-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0976.html
Issue date: 2008-11-19

Topic

Updated thunderbird packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat software update moderate impact malicious content thunderbird email client

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

470864 - CVE-2008-5012 Mozilla Image stealing via canvas and HTTP redirect

470873 - CVE-2008-5014 Mozilla crash and remote code execution via __proto__ tampering

470881 - CVE-2008-5016 Mozilla crash with evidence of memory corruption

470883 - CVE-2008-5017 Mozilla crash with evidence of memory corruption

470884 - CVE-2008-5018 Mozilla crash with evidence of memory corruption

470894 - CVE-2008-5021 Mozilla crash and remote code execution in nsFrameManager

470895 - CVE-2008-5022 Mozilla nsXMLHttpRequest::NotifyEventListeners() same-origin violation

470902 - CVE-2008-5024 Mozilla parsing error in E4X default namespace

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