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SciLinux: ThunderBird Security Update on 2010-09-07 for SL4.x, SL5.x

Calendar Sep 08, 2010 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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Moderate: thunderbird security update 
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 15:53:04 -0500
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA Moderate: thunderbird on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Moderate: thunderbird security update
Issue date:	2010-09-07
CVE Names:	CVE-2010-2760 CVE-2010-2765 CVE-2010-2767
 CVE-2010-2768 CVE-2010-3167 CVE-2010-3168
 CVE-2010-3169

Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed HTML mail
content. An HTML mail message containing malicious content could cause
Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2010-3169)

A buffer overflow flaw was found in Thunderbird. An HTML mail message
containing malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or,
potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user
running Thunderbird. (CVE-2010-2765)

A use-after-free flaw and several dangling pointer flaws were found in
Thunderbird. An HTML mail message containing malicious content could
cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with
the privileges of the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2010-2760,
CVE-2010-2767, CVE-2010-3167, CVE-2010-3168)

A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in Thunderbird. Remote HTML
content could cause Thunderbird to execute JavaScript code with the
permissions of different remote HTML content. (CVE-2010-2768)

Note: JavaScript support is disabled by default in Thunderbird. None of
the above issues are exploitable unless JavaScript is enabled.

All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to
take effect.

SL 4.x

 SRPMS:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-30.el4.src.rpm
 i386:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-30.el4.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-30.el4.x86_64.rpm

SL 5.x

 SRPMS:
thunderbird-2.0.0.24-8.el5.src.rpm
 i386:
thunderbird-2.0.0.24-8.el5.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
thunderbird-2.0.0.24-8.el5.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson