Scientific Linux: SLSA-2014:0316-1 Important: Thunderbird Security Advisory

Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 21:33:05 +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-2014:0316-1
Issue Date: 2014-03-19
CVE Numbers: CVE-2014-1493
 CVE-2014-1497
 CVE-2014-1508
 CVE-2014-1509
 CVE-2014-1505
 CVE-2014-1510
 CVE-2014-1511
 CVE-2014-1512
 CVE-2014-1513
 CVE-2014-1514
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Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web
page containing malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or,
potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user
running Thunderbird. (CVE-2014-1493, CVE-2014-1510, CVE-2014-1511,
CVE-2014-1512, CVE-2014-1513, CVE-2014-1514)

Several information disclosure flaws were found in the way Thunderbird
processed malformed web content. An attacker could use these flaws to gain
access to sensitive information such as cross-domain content or protected
memory addresses or, potentially, cause Thunderbird to crash.
(CVE-2014-1497, CVE-2014-1508, CVE-2014-1505)

A memory corruption flaw was found in the way Thunderbird rendered certain
PDF files. An attacker able to trick a user into installing a malicious
extension could use this flaw to crash Thunderbird or, potentially,
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running
Thunderbird. (CVE-2014-1509)

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-24.4.0-1.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
 thunderbird-debuginfo-24.4.0-1.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
 i386
 thunderbird-24.4.0-1.el5_10.i386.rpm
 thunderbird-debuginfo-24.4.0-1.el5_10.i386.rpm
SL6
 x86_64
 thunderbird-24.4.0-1.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
 thunderbird-debuginfo-24.4.0-1.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
 i386
 thunderbird-24.4.0-1.el6_5.i686.rpm
 thunderbird-debuginfo-24.4.0-1.el6_5.i686.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team