Scientific Linux: SLSA-2016:0258-1 Critical: Thunderbird Exec Risk Alert

Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 21:19:03 +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: <20160218211903.10364.63108@slpackages.fnal.gov>

Synopsis: Important: thunderbird security update
Advisory ID: SLSA-2016:0258-1
Issue Date: 2016-02-18
CVE Numbers: CVE-2016-1930
 CVE-2016-1935
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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-2016-1930, CVE-2016-1935)

After installing the update, Thunderbird must be restarted for the changes
to take effect.
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SL5
 x86_64
 thunderbird-38.6.0-1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
 thunderbird-debuginfo-38.6.0-1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
 i386
 thunderbird-38.6.0-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
 thunderbird-debuginfo-38.6.0-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
SL6
 x86_64
 thunderbird-38.6.0-1.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
 thunderbird-debuginfo-38.6.0-1.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
 i386
 thunderbird-38.6.0-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
 thunderbird-debuginfo-38.6.0-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
SL7
 x86_64
 thunderbird-38.6.0-1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
 thunderbird-debuginfo-38.6.0-1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team