Scientific Linux: 2016-1985-1 Critical: Thunderbird Code Execution Risk

Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2016 17:44:31 -0000
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Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Scott Reid 
Subject: Security ERRATA Important: thunderbird on SL5.x, SL6.x,
 SL7.x i386/x86_64
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Message-ID: <20161004174431.10050.20958@slpackages.fnal.gov>

Synopsis: Important: thunderbird security update
Advisory ID: SLSA-2016:1985-1
Issue Date: 2016-10-03
CVE Numbers: CVE-2016-5257
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This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 45.4.0.

Security Fix(es):

* Multiple 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-2016-5257)
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SL5
 x86_64
 thunderbird-45.4.0-1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
 thunderbird-debuginfo-45.4.0-1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
 i386
 thunderbird-45.4.0-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
 thunderbird-debuginfo-45.4.0-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
SL6
 x86_64
 thunderbird-45.4.0-1.el6_8.x86_64.rpm
 thunderbird-debuginfo-45.4.0-1.el6_8.x86_64.rpm
 i386
 thunderbird-45.4.0-1.el6_8.i686.rpm
 thunderbird-debuginfo-45.4.0-1.el6_8.i686.rpm
SL7
 x86_64
 thunderbird-45.4.0-1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
 thunderbird-debuginfo-45.4.0-1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team