Scientific Linux: SLSA-2014:1924-1 Important Thunderbird DoS Threat

Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2014 19:39:49 +0000
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Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Pat Riehecky 
Subject: Security ERRATA Important: thunderbird on SL6.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis: Important: thunderbird security update
Advisory ID: SLSA-2014:1924-1
Issue Date: 2014-12-02
CVE Numbers: CVE-2014-1587
 CVE-2014-1590
 CVE-2014-1592
 CVE-2014-1593
 CVE-2014-1594
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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-2014-1587, CVE-2014-1590, CVE-2014-1592,
CVE-2014-1593)

A flaw was found in the Alarm API, which could allow applications to
schedule actions to be run in the future. A malicious web application
could use this flaw to bypass the same-origin policy. (CVE-2014-1594)

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.

This update disables SSL 3.0 support by default in Thunderbird. Details on
how to re-enable SSL 3.0 support are available at:

After installing the update, Thunderbird must be restarted for the changes
to take effect.
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SL6
 x86_64
 thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
 thunderbird-debuginfo-31.3.0-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
 i386
 thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
 thunderbird-debuginfo-31.3.0-1.el6_6.i686.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team