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Scientific Linux: Moderate Security Advisory for Thunderbird Update

Moderate: thunderbird security update. Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 15:27:22 -0600 Reply-To: Troy Dawson Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux From: Troy Dawson Subject: Security ERRATA for thunderbird on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64 Comments: To: "This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it." Synopsis: Moderate: thunderbird security update Issue date: 2009-01-07 CVE Names: CVE-2008-5500 CVE-2008-5501 CVE-2008-5502 CVE-2008-5503 CVE-2008-5506 CVE-2008-5507 CVE-2008-5508 CVE-2008-5511 CVE-2008-5512 CVE-2008-5513 Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed HTML mail content. An HTML mail message containing malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2008-5500, CVE-2008-5501, CVE-2008-5502, CVE-2008-5511, CVE-2008-5512, CVE-2008-5513) Several flaws were found in the way malformed content was processed. An HTML mail message containing specially-crafted content could potentially trick a Thunderbird user into surrendering sensitive information. (CVE-2008-5503, CVE-2008-5506, CVE-2008-5507) Note: JavaScript support is disabled by default in Thunderbird; the above issues are not exploitable unless JavaScript is enabled. A flaw was found in the way malformed URLs were processed by Thunderbird. This flaw could prevent various URL sanitization mechanisms from properly parsing a malicious URL. (CVE-2008-5508) All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect. SL 4.x SRPMS: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.src.rpm i386: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.i386.rpm x86_64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.x86_64.rpm SL 5.x SRPMS: thunderbird-2.0.0.19-1.el5_2.src.rpm i386: thunderbird-2.0.0.19-1.el5_2.i386.rpm x86_64: thunderbird-2.0.0.19-1.el5_2.x86_64.rpm -Connie Sieh -Troy Dawson . The recent Thunderbird patch for Scientific Linux SL4.x and SL5.x addresses numerous HTML vulnerabilities and mandates a system reboot.. Thunderbird Security Update, Scientific Linux, Moderation Severity, HTMLIssues, Security Patch. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

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