Scientific Linux 5/6: Thunderbird Important Update for Multiple Flaws

Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 17:15:45 +0000
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Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Pat Riehecky 
Subject: Security ERRATA Important: thunderbird on SL5.x, SL6.x,
 SL7.x i386/x86_64
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Message-ID: <20151001171545.564.86881@slpackages.fnal.gov>

Synopsis: Important: thunderbird security update
Advisory ID: SLSA-2015:1852-1
Issue Date: 2015-10-01
CVE Numbers: CVE-2015-4500
 CVE-2015-4509
 CVE-2015-4519
 CVE-2015-4520
 CVE-2015-4517
 CVE-2015-4521
 CVE-2015-4522
 CVE-2015-7174
 CVE-2015-7175
 CVE-2015-7176
 CVE-2015-7177
 CVE-2015-7180
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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-2015-4500, CVE-2015-4509, CVE-2015-4517,
CVE-2015-4521, CVE-2015-4522, CVE-2015-7174, CVE-2015-7175, CVE-2015-7176,
CVE-2015-7177, CVE-2015-7180)

Two information leak flaws were found in the processing of malformed web
content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Thunderbird
to disclose sensitive information or, in certain cases, crash.
(CVE-2015-4519, CVE-2015-4520)

Note: All of the above issues cannot be exploited by a specially crafted
HTML mail message because JavaScript is disabled by default for mail
messages. However, they could be exploited in other ways in Thunderbird
(for example, by 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-38.3.0-1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
 thunderbird-debuginfo-38.3.0-1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
 i386
 thunderbird-38.3.0-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
 thunderbird-debuginfo-38.3.0-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
SL6
 x86_64
 thunderbird-38.3.0-1.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
 thunderbird-debuginfo-38.3.0-1.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
 i386
 thunderbird-38.3.0-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
 thunderbird-debuginfo-38.3.0-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
SL7
 x86_64
 thunderbird-38.3.0-1.el7_1.x86_64.rpm
 thunderbird-debuginfo-38.3.0-1.el7_1.x86_64.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team