Scientific Linux 5.x - Thunderbird Critical Denial of Service CVE-2007-1362

Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 15:54:11 -0500
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA for Thunderbird on SL5.x, SL4.x, SL3,x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Critical: thunderbird security update
Issue date:	2007-05-30
CVE Names:	CVE-2007-1362 CVE-2007-1558 CVE-2007-2867
 CVE-2007-2868 CVE-2007-2869 CVE-2007-2871

Several flaws were found in the way Thunderbird processed certain
malformed JavaScript code. A web page containing malicious JavaScript
code could cause Thunderbird to crash or potentially execute arbitrary
code as the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2007-2867, CVE-2007-2868)

Several denial of service flaws were found in the way Thunderbird
handled certain form and cookie data. A malicious web site that is able
to set arbitrary form and cookie data could prevent Thunderbird from
functioning properly. (CVE-2007-1362, CVE-2007-2869)

A flaw was found in the way Thunderbird processed certain APOP
authentication requests. By sending certain responses when Thunderbird
attempted to authenticate against an APOP server, a remote attacker
could potentially acquire certain portions of a user's authentication
credentials. (CVE-2007-1558)

A flaw was found in the way Thunderbird displayed certain web content. A
malicious web page could generate content which could overlay user
interface elements such as the hostname and security indicators,
tricking users into thinking they are visiting a different site.
(CVE-2007-2871)

SL 3.0.x

 SRPMS:
	thunderbird-1.5.0.12-0.1.SL3.src.rpm
 i386:
	thunderbird-1.5.0.12-0.1.SL3.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
	thunderbird-1.5.0.12-0.1.SL3.s86_64.rpm

SL 4.x

 SRPMS:
	thunderbird-1.5.0.12-0.1.el4.src.rpm
 i386:
	thunderbird-1.5.0.12-0.1.el4.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
	thunderbird-1.5.0.12-0.1.el4.x86_64.rpm

SL 5.x

 SRPMS:
	thunderbird-1.5.0.12-1.el5.src.rpm
 i386:
	thunderbird-1.5.0.12-1.el5.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
	thunderbird-1.5.0.12-1.el5.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson