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Red Hat 5 RHSA-2009-1126-01 Moderate: Thunderbird Security Update

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Calendar Grey June 25, 2009
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Latest Thunderbird update addresses multiple security vulnerabilities deemed moderate by Red Hat's Security Response Team. Be sure to upgrade!
An updated thunderbird package that fixes several security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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-2009-1392, CVE-2009-1303, CVE-2009-1305, CVE-2009-1833, CVE-2009-1838)
Several flaws were found in the way malformed HTML mail content was processed. An HTML mail message containing malicious content could execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of the mail message, possibly presenting misleading data to the user, or stealing sensitive information such as login credentials. (CVE-2009-1306, CVE-2009-1307, CVE-2009-1308, CVE-2009-1309)
A flaw was found in the way Thunderbird handled error responses returned from proxy servers. If an attacker is able to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack against a Thunderbird instance that is using a proxy server, they may be able to steal sensitive information from the site Thunderbird is displaying. (CVE-2009-1836)
Note: JavaScript support is disabled by default in Thunderbird. None of the above issues are exploitable unless JavaScript is enabled.
All Thunderbird users should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves these issues. All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Red Hat software update moderate severity thunderbird mail client

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1303 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1305 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1306 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1307 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1308 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1309 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1392 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1833 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1836 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1838 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: thunderbird-2.0.0.22-2.el5_3.i386.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-2.0.0.22-2.el5_3.i386.rpm
x86_64: thunderbird-2.0.0.22-2.el5_3.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-2.0.0.22-2.el5_3.x86_64.rpm
RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server):
Source:
i386: thunderbird-2.0.0.22-2.el5_3.i386.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-2.0.0.22-2.el5_3.i386.rpm
x86_64: thunderbird-2.0.0.22-2.el5_3.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-2.0.0.22-2.el5_3.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key#package


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:1126-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1126.html
Issue date: 2009-06-25

Topic

An updated thunderbird package that fixes several security issues is nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Red Hat software update moderate severity thunderbird mail client

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

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

Bugs Fixed

456202 - Launch thunderbird with option "-contentLocale" will get warning message

496253 - CVE-2009-1303 Firefox 2 and 3 Layout engine crash

496256 - CVE-2009-1305 Firefox 2 and 3 JavaScript engine crash

496262 - CVE-2009-1306 Firefox jar: scheme ignores the content-disposition: header on the inner URI

496263 - CVE-2009-1307 Firefox Same-origin violations when Adobe Flash loaded via view-source: protocol

496266 - CVE-2009-1308 Firefox XSS hazard using third-party stylesheets and XBL bindings

496267 - CVE-2009-1309 Firefox Same-origin violations in XMLHttpRequest and XPCNativeWrapper.toString

503568 - CVE-2009-1392 Firefox browser engine crashes

503570 - CVE-2009-1833 Firefox JavaScript engine crashes

503578 - CVE-2009-1836 Firefox SSL tampering via non-200 responses to proxy CONNECT requests

503580 - CVE-2009-1838 Firefox arbitrary code execution flaw

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