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RedHat: RHSA-2013-1823-01 Important: Thunderbird Security Issue

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An updated thunderbird package that fixes several security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base
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====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Important: thunderbird security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2013:1823-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1823.html
Issue date:        2013-12-11
CVE Names:         CVE-2013-5609 CVE-2013-5612 CVE-2013-5613 
                   CVE-2013-5614 CVE-2013-5616 CVE-2013-5618 
                   CVE-2013-6671 
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1. Summary:

An updated thunderbird package that fixes several security issues is now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having
important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base
scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each
vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

3. Description:

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed content.
Malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird.
(CVE-2013-5609, CVE-2013-5616, CVE-2013-5618, CVE-2013-6671, CVE-2013-5613)

A flaw was found in the way Thunderbird rendered web content with missing
character encoding information. An attacker could use this flaw to possibly
bypass same-origin inheritance and perform cross site-scripting (XSS)
attacks. (CVE-2013-5612)

It was found that certain malicious web content could bypass restrictions
applied by sandboxed iframes. An attacker could combine this flaw with
other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2013-5614)

Note: All of the above issues cannot be exploited by a specially crafted
HTML mail message as JavaScript is disabled by default for mail messages.
They could be exploited another way in Thunderbird, for example, when
viewing the full remote content of an RSS feed.

Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting these issues.
Upstream acknowledges Ben Turner, Bobby Holley, Jesse Ruderman, Christian
Holler, Masato Kinugawa, Daniel Veditz, Jesse Schwartzentruber, Nils, Tyson
Smith, and Atte Kettunen as the original reporters of these issues.

For technical details regarding these flaws, refer to the Mozilla security
advisories for Thunderbird 24.2.0 ESR. You can find a link to the Mozilla
advisories in the References section of this erratum.

All Thunderbird users should upgrade to this updated package, which
contains Thunderbird version 24.2.0 ESR, which corrects these issues.
After installing the update, Thunderbird must be restarted for the changes
to take effect.

4. Solution:

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

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1039417 - CVE-2013-5609 Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:24.2) (MFSA 2013-104)
1039420 - CVE-2013-5612 Mozilla: Character encoding cross-origin XSS attack (MFSA 2013-106)
1039421 - CVE-2013-5614 Mozilla: Sandbox restrictions not applied to nested object elements (MFSA 2013-107)
1039422 - CVE-2013-5616 Mozilla: Use-after-free in event listeners (MFSA 2013-108)
1039423 - CVE-2013-5618 Mozilla: Use-after-free during Table Editing (MFSA 2013-109)
1039426 - CVE-2013-6671 Mozilla: Segmentation violation when replacing ordered list elements (MFSA 2013-111)
1039429 - CVE-2013-5613 Mozilla: Use-after-free in synthetic mouse movement (MFSA 2013-114)

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):

Source:

i386:
thunderbird-24.2.0-2.el5_10.i386.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-24.2.0-2.el5_10.i386.rpm

x86_64:
thunderbird-24.2.0-2.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-24.2.0-2.el5_10.x86_64.rpm

RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server):

Source:

i386:
thunderbird-24.2.0-2.el5_10.i386.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-24.2.0-2.el5_10.i386.rpm

x86_64:
thunderbird-24.2.0-2.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-24.2.0-2.el5_10.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):

Source:

i386:
thunderbird-24.2.0-1.el6_5.i686.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-24.2.0-1.el6_5.i686.rpm

x86_64:
thunderbird-24.2.0-1.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-24.2.0-1.el6_5.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6):

Source:

i386:
thunderbird-24.2.0-1.el6_5.i686.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-24.2.0-1.el6_5.i686.rpm

ppc64:
thunderbird-24.2.0-1.el6_5.ppc64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-24.2.0-1.el6_5.ppc64.rpm

s390x:
thunderbird-24.2.0-1.el6_5.s390x.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-24.2.0-1.el6_5.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
thunderbird-24.2.0-1.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-24.2.0-1.el6_5.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):

Source:

i386:
thunderbird-24.2.0-1.el6_5.i686.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-24.2.0-1.el6_5.i686.rpm

x86_64:
thunderbird-24.2.0-1.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-24.2.0-1.el6_5.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

7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5609
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5612
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5613
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5614
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5616
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5618
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6671
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/thunderbird-esr/

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is .  More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2013 Red Hat, Inc.
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RedHat: RHSA-2013-1823-01 Important: Thunderbird Security Issue

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Calendar Grey December 11, 2013
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A critical patch for Firefox enhances protection against threats in CentOS Linux versions 7 and 8.
An updated thunderbird package that fixes several security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6

Solution

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

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Summary

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.
Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed content. Malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2013-5609, CVE-2013-5616, CVE-2013-5618, CVE-2013-6671, CVE-2013-5613)
A flaw was found in the way Thunderbird rendered web content with missing character encoding information. An attacker could use this flaw to possibly bypass same-origin inheritance and perform cross site-scripting (XSS) attacks. (CVE-2013-5612)
It was found that certain malicious web content could bypass restrictions applied by sandboxed iframes. An attacker could combine this flaw with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2013-5614)
Note: All of the above issues cannot be exploited by a specially crafted HTML mail message as JavaScript is disabled by default for mail messages. They could be exploited another way in Thunderbird, for example, when viewing the full remote content of an RSS feed.
Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Ben Turner, Bobby Holley, Jesse Ruderman, Christian Holler, Masato Kinugawa, Daniel Veditz, Jesse Schwartzentruber, Nils, Tyson Smith, and Atte Kettunen as the original reporters of these issues.
For technical details regarding these flaws, refer to the Mozilla security advisories for Thunderbird 24.2.0 ESR. You can find a link to the Mozilla advisories in the References section of this erratum.
All Thunderbird users should upgrade to this updated package, which contains Thunderbird version 24.2.0 ESR, which corrects these issues. After installing the update, Thunderbird must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5609 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5612 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5613 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5614 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5616 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5618 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6671 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/thunderbird-esr/

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: thunderbird-24.2.0-2.el5_10.i386.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-24.2.0-2.el5_10.i386.rpm
x86_64: thunderbird-24.2.0-2.el5_10.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-24.2.0-2.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server):
Source:
i386: thunderbird-24.2.0-2.el5_10.i386.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-24.2.0-2.el5_10.i386.rpm
x86_64: thunderbird-24.2.0-2.el5_10.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-24.2.0-2.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source:
i386: thunderbird-24.2.0-1.el6_5.i686.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-24.2.0-1.el6_5.i686.rpm
x86_64: thunderbird-24.2.0-1.el6_5.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-24.2.0-1.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6):
Source:
i386: thunderbird-24.2.0-1.el6_5.i686.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-24.2.0-1.el6_5.i686.rpm
ppc64: thunderbird-24.2.0-1.el6_5.ppc64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-24.2.0-1.el6_5.ppc64.rpm
s390x: thunderbird-24.2.0-1.el6_5.s390x.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-24.2.0-1.el6_5.s390x.rpm
x86_64: thunderbird-24.2.0-1.el6_5.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-24.2.0-1.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):
Source:
i386: thunderbird-24.2.0-1.el6_5.i686.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-24.2.0-1.el6_5.i686.rpm
x86_64:

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:1823-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2013-12-11

Topic

An updated thunderbird package that fixes several security issues is nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as havingimportant security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) basescores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for eachvulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1039417 - CVE-2013-5609 Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:24.2) (MFSA 2013-104)

1039420 - CVE-2013-5612 Mozilla: Character encoding cross-origin XSS attack (MFSA 2013-106)

1039421 - CVE-2013-5614 Mozilla: Sandbox restrictions not applied to nested object elements (MFSA 2013-107)

1039422 - CVE-2013-5616 Mozilla: Use-after-free in event listeners (MFSA 2013-108)

1039423 - CVE-2013-5618 Mozilla: Use-after-free during Table Editing (MFSA 2013-109)

1039426 - CVE-2013-6671 Mozilla: Segmentation violation when replacing ordered list elements (MFSA 2013-111)

1039429 - CVE-2013-5613 Mozilla: Use-after-free in synthetic mouse movement (MFSA 2013-114)

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