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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: RHSA-2022:1725-01 Critical: Thunderbird Update

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Calendar Grey May 5, 2022
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Critical Red Hat notification regarding Thunderbird security enhancements elaborating on resolved issues and severity ratings for vulnerabilities.
An update for thunderbird is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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.

Summary

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.
This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 91.9.0.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: Bypassing permission prompt in nested browsing contexts (CVE-2022-29909)
* Mozilla: iframe Sandbox bypass (CVE-2022-29911)
* Mozilla: Fullscreen notification bypass using popups (CVE-2022-29914)
* Mozilla: Leaking browser history with CSS variables (CVE-2022-29916)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 100 and Firefox ESR 91.9 (CVE-2022-29917)
* Mozilla: Reader mode bypassed SameSite cookies (CVE-2022-29912)
* Mozilla: Speech Synthesis feature not properly disabled (CVE-2022-29913)
* Mozilla: Incorrect security status shown after viewing an attached email (CVE-2022-1520)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue important red hat enterprise linux security fixes thunderbird mail client

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1520 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-29909 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-29911 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-29912 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-29913 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-29914 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-29916 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-29917 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: thunderbird-91.9.0-3.el7_9.src.rpm
x86_64: thunderbird-91.9.0-3.el7_9.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-91.9.0-3.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):
Source: thunderbird-91.9.0-3.el7_9.src.rpm
ppc64le: thunderbird-91.9.0-3.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-91.9.0-3.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64: thunderbird-91.9.0-3.el7_9.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-91.9.0-3.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source: thunderbird-91.9.0-3.el7_9.src.rpm
x86_64: thunderbird-91.9.0-3.el7_9.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-91.9.0-3.el7_9.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


Severity
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:1725-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1725
Issue date: 2022-05-05

Topic

An update for thunderbird is now available for 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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue important red hat enterprise linux security fixes thunderbird mail client

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64le, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2081468 - CVE-2022-29914 Mozilla: Fullscreen notification bypass using popups

2081469 - CVE-2022-29909 Mozilla: Bypassing permission prompt in nested browsing contexts

2081470 - CVE-2022-29916 Mozilla: Leaking browser history with CSS variables

2081471 - CVE-2022-29911 Mozilla: iframe Sandbox bypass

2081472 - CVE-2022-29912 Mozilla: Reader mode bypassed SameSite cookies

2081473 - CVE-2022-29917 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 100 and Firefox ESR 91.9

2082037 - CVE-2022-1520 Mozilla: Incorrect security status shown after viewing an attached email

2082038 - CVE-2022-29913 Mozilla: Speech Synthesis feature not properly disabled

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