RedHat: RHSA-2016-1041:01 Important: thunderbird security update
Summary
Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.
This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 38.8.0.
Security Fix(es):
* Two flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web
page containing malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or,
potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running
Thunderbird. (CVE-2016-2805, CVE-2016-2807)
Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting these issues.
Upstream acknowledges Phil Ringalda, Christian Holler, and Tyson Smith as
the original reporters.
Summary
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to
take effect.
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2805 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2807 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/thunderbird/#thunderbird38.8
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source:
thunderbird-38.8.0-1.el5_11.src.rpm
i386:
thunderbird-38.8.0-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-38.8.0-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
x86_64:
thunderbird-38.8.0-1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-38.8.0-1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server):
Source:
thunderbird-38.8.0-1.el5_11.src.rpm
i386:
thunderbird-38.8.0-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-38.8.0-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
x86_64:
thunderbird-38.8.0-1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-38.8.0-1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source:
thunderbird-38.8.0-2.el6_8.src.rpm
i386:
thunderbird-38.8.0-2.el6_8.i686.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-38.8.0-2.el6_8.i686.rpm
x86_64:
thunderbird-38.8.0-2.el6_8.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-38.8.0-2.el6_8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6):
Source:
thunderbird-38.8.0-2.el6_8.src.rpm
i386:
thunderbird-38.8.0-2.el6_8.i686.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-38.8.0-2.el6_8.i686.rpm
ppc64:
thunderbird-38.8.0-2.el6_8.ppc64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-38.8.0-2.el6_8.ppc64.rpm
s390x:
thunderbird-38.8.0-2.el6_8.s390x.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-38.8.0-2.el6_8.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
thunderbird-38.8.0-2.el6_8.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-38.8.0-2.el6_8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):
Source:
thunderbird-38.8.0-2.el6_8.src.rpm
i386:
thunderbird-38.8.0-2.el6_8.i686.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-38.8.0-2.el6_8.i686.rpm
x86_64:
thunderbird-38.8.0-2.el6_8.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-38.8.0-2.el6_8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source:
thunderbird-38.8.0-1.el7_2.src.rpm
x86_64:
thunderbird-38.8.0-1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-38.8.0-1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):
Source:
thunderbird-38.8.0-1.el7_2.src.rpm
ppc64le:
thunderbird-38.8.0-1.el7_2.ppc64le.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-38.8.0-1.el7_2.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64:
thunderbird-38.8.0-1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-38.8.0-1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source:
thunderbird-38.8.0-1.el7_2.src.rpm
x86_64:
thunderbird-38.8.0-1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-38.8.0-1.el7_2.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/
Topic
An update for thunderbird is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5,Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - 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 Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64le, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1330266 - CVE-2016-2805 Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:38.8) (MFSA 2016-39)
1330271 - CVE-2016-2807 Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:46.0 / rv:45.1 / rv:38.8) (MFSA 2016-39)