Scientific Linux 5.x & 6.x: Thunderbird Critical Advisory SLSA-2014:0133-1

Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 00:53:45 +0000
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From: Pat Riehecky 
Subject: Security ERRATA Important: thunderbird on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis: Important: thunderbird security update
Advisory ID: SLSA-2014:0133-1
Issue Date: 2014-02-04
CVE Numbers: CVE-2014-1477
 CVE-2014-1479
 CVE-2014-1482
 CVE-2014-1486
 CVE-2014-1487
 CVE-2014-1481
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Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed content. Malicious
content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird.
(CVE-2014-1477, CVE-2014-1482, CVE-2014-1486)

A flaw was found in the way Thunderbird handled error messages related to
web workers. An attacker could use this flaw to bypass the same-origin
policy, which could lead to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, or could
potentially be used to gather authentication tokens and other data from
third-party websites. (CVE-2014-1487)

A flaw was found in the implementation of System Only Wrappers (SOW). An
attacker could use this flaw to crash Thunderbird. When combined with
other vulnerabilities, this flaw could have additional security
implications. (CVE-2014-1479)

It was found that the Thunderbird JavaScript engine incorrectly handled
window objects. A remote attacker could use this flaw to bypass certain
security checks and possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-1481)

Note: All of the above issues cannot be exploited by a specially crafted
HTML mail message as JavaScript is disabled by default for mail messages.
They could be exploited another way in Thunderbird, for example, when
viewing the full remote content of an RSS feed.

After installing the update, Thunderbird must be restarted for the changes
to take effect.
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SL5
 x86_64
 thunderbird-24.3.0-2.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
 thunderbird-debuginfo-24.3.0-2.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
 i386
 thunderbird-24.3.0-2.el5_10.i386.rpm
 thunderbird-debuginfo-24.3.0-2.el5_10.i386.rpm
SL6
 x86_64
 thunderbird-24.3.0-2.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
 thunderbird-debuginfo-24.3.0-2.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
 i386
 thunderbird-24.3.0-2.el6_5.i686.rpm
 thunderbird-debuginfo-24.3.0-2.el6_5.i686.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team