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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9: RHSA-2023-0476-01 Important: Thunderbird Update

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Calendar Grey January 26, 2023
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Crucial Thunderbird security patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 resolves multiple vulnerabilities. System reboot required.
An update for thunderbird is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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 102.7.1.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: libusrsctp library out of date (CVE-2022-46871)
* Mozilla: Arbitrary file read from GTK drag and drop on Linux (CVE-2023-23598)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 109 and Firefox ESR 102.7 (CVE-2023-23605)
* Mozilla: Malicious command could be hidden in devtools output (CVE-2023-23599)
* Mozilla: URL being dragged from cross-origin iframe into same tab triggers navigation (CVE-2023-23601)
* Mozilla: Content Security Policy wasn't being correctly applied to WebSockets in WebWorkers (CVE-2023-23602)
* Mozilla: Fullscreen notification bypass (CVE-2022-46877)
* Mozilla: Calls to console.log allowed bypasing Content Security Policy via format directive (CVE-2023-23603)
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.

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Topics Covered

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46871 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46877 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-23598 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-23599 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-23601 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-23602 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-23603 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-23605 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9):
Source: thunderbird-102.7.1-1.el9_1.src.rpm
aarch64: thunderbird-102.7.1-1.el9_1.aarch64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-102.7.1-1.el9_1.aarch64.rpm thunderbird-debugsource-102.7.1-1.el9_1.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: thunderbird-102.7.1-1.el9_1.ppc64le.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-102.7.1-1.el9_1.ppc64le.rpm thunderbird-debugsource-102.7.1-1.el9_1.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: thunderbird-102.7.1-1.el9_1.s390x.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-102.7.1-1.el9_1.s390x.rpm thunderbird-debugsource-102.7.1-1.el9_1.s390x.rpm
x86_64: thunderbird-102.7.1-1.el9_1.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-102.7.1-1.el9_1.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debugsource-102.7.1-1.el9_1.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


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:0476-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0476
Issue date: 2023-01-26

Topic

An update for thunderbird is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat update important security impact thunderbird risk

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2162336 - CVE-2022-46871 Mozilla: libusrsctp library out of date

2162338 - CVE-2023-23598 Mozilla: Arbitrary file read from GTK drag and drop on Linux

2162339 - CVE-2023-23599 Mozilla: Malicious command could be hidden in devtools output

2162340 - CVE-2023-23601 Mozilla: URL being dragged from cross-origin iframe into same tab triggers navigation

2162341 - CVE-2023-23602 Mozilla: Content Security Policy wasn't being correctly applied to WebSockets in WebWorkers2162342 - CVE-2022-46877 Mozilla: Fullscreen notification bypass

2162343 - CVE-2023-23603 Mozilla: Calls to console.log allowed bypasing Content Security Policy via format directive

2162344 - CVE-2023-23605 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 109 and Firefox ESR 102.7

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