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RHEL 8.2: RHSA-2023-1443 Important: Thunderbird Security Fix

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Calendar Grey March 23, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat releases critical notice regarding a vital security patch for Thunderbird now accessible on RHEL 8.2. Immediate reboot necessary.
An update for thunderbird is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service, and Red Hat Ent...

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 102.9.0.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: Incorrect code generation during JIT compilation (CVE-2023-25751)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 111 and Firefox ESR 102.9 (CVE-2023-28176)
* Mozilla: Potential out-of-bounds when accessing throttled streams (CVE-2023-25752)
* Mozilla: Invalid downcast in Worklets (CVE-2023-28162)
* Mozilla: URL being dragged from a removed cross-origin iframe into the same tab triggered navigation (CVE-2023-28164)
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 fix issue important mail client RHEL Thunderbird

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25751 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25752 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-28162 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-28164 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-28176 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2):
Source: thunderbird-102.9.0-2.el8_2.src.rpm
aarch64: thunderbird-102.9.0-2.el8_2.aarch64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-102.9.0-2.el8_2.aarch64.rpm thunderbird-debugsource-102.9.0-2.el8_2.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: thunderbird-102.9.0-2.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-102.9.0-2.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm thunderbird-debugsource-102.9.0-2.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64: thunderbird-102.9.0-2.el8_2.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-102.9.0-2.el8_2.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debugsource-102.9.0-2.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.2):
Source: thunderbird-102.9.0-2.el8_2.src.rpm
aarch64: thunderbird-102.9.0-2.el8_2.aarch64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-102.9.0-2.el8_2.aarch64.rpm thunderbird-debugsource-102.9.0-2.el8_2.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: thunderbird-102.9.0-2.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-102.9.0-2.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm thunderbird-debugsource-102.9.0-2.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64: thunderbird-102.9.0-2.el8_2.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-102.9.0-2.el8_2.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debugsource-102.9.0-2.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v. 8.2):
Source: thunderbird-102.9.0-2.el8_2.src.rpm
aarch64: thunderbird-102.9.0-2.el8_2.aarch64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-102.9.0-2.el8_2.aarch64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:1443-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1443
Issue date: 2023-03-23

Topic

An update for thunderbird is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 TelecommunicationsUpdate Service, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAPSolutions.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 fix issue important mail client RHEL Thunderbird

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2) - aarch64, ppc64le, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.2) - aarch64, ppc64le, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v. 8.2) - aarch64, ppc64le, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2178458 - CVE-2023-25751 Mozilla: Incorrect code generation during JIT compilation

2178460 - CVE-2023-25752 Mozilla: Potential out-of-bounds when accessing throttled streams

2178466 - CVE-2023-28162 Mozilla: Invalid downcast in Worklets

2178470 - CVE-2023-28164 Mozilla: URL being dragged from a removed cross-origin iframe into the same tab triggered navigation

2178472 - CVE-2023-28176 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 111 and Firefox ESR 102.9

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