Scientific Linux: SL5, SL6 Security Update for Thunderbird - Critical DoS

Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 18:19:56 -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: <20161214181956.15408.40407@slpackages.fnal.gov>

Synopsis: Important: thunderbird security update
Advisory ID: SLSA-2016:2825-1
Issue Date: 2016-11-29
CVE Numbers: CVE-2016-5290
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This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 45.5.0

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-2016-5290)
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SL5
 x86_64
 thunderbird-45.5.0-1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
 thunderbird-debuginfo-45.5.0-1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
 i386
 thunderbird-45.5.0-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
 thunderbird-debuginfo-45.5.0-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
SL6
 x86_64
 thunderbird-45.5.0-1.el6_8.x86_64.rpm
 thunderbird-debuginfo-45.5.0-1.el6_8.x86_64.rpm
 i386
 thunderbird-45.5.0-1.el6_8.i686.rpm
 thunderbird-debuginfo-45.5.0-1.el6_8.i686.rpm
SL7
 x86_64
 thunderbird-45.5.0-1.el7_3.x86_64.rpm
 thunderbird-debuginfo-45.5.0-1.el7_3.x86_64.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team