An updated thunderbird package that fixes several security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical [More...]. ==================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Critical: thunderbird security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2011:1165-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1165.html Issue date: 2011-08-16 CVE Names: CVE-2011-2982 CVE-2011-2983 ==================================================================== 1. Summary: An updated thunderbird package that fixes several security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 3. Description: Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client. Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed HTML content. Malicious HTML content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2011-2982) A flaw was found in the way Thunderbird handled malformed JavaScript. Malicious content could cause Thunderbird to access already freed memory, causing Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with theprivileges of the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2011-2983) Note: This update disables support for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) images in Thunderbird on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. All Thunderbird users should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves these issues. All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259 5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 730518 - CVE-2011-2982 Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards 730523 - CVE-2011-2983 Mozilla: Private data leakage using RegExp.input 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4: Source: i386: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-40.el4.i386.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-40.el4.i386.rpm ia64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-40.el4.ia64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-40.el4.ia64.rpm ppc: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-40.el4.ppc.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-40.el4.ppc.rpm s390: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-40.el4.s390.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-40.el4.s390.rpm s390x: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-40.el4.s390x.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-40.el4.s390x.rpm x86_64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-40.el4.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-40.el4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4: Source: i386: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-40.el4.i386.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-40.el4.i386.rpm x86_64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-40.el4.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-40.el4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4: Source: i386: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-40.el4.i386.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-40.el4.i386.rpm ia64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-40.el4.ia64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-40.el4.ia64.rpm x86_64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-40.el4.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-40.el4.x86_64.rpm RedHat Enterprise Linux WS version 4: Source: i386: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-40.el4.i386.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-40.el4.i386.rpm ia64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-40.el4.ia64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-40.el4.ia64.rpm x86_64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-40.el4.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-40.el4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client): Source: i386: thunderbird-2.0.0.24-21.el5.i386.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-2.0.0.24-21.el5.i386.rpm x86_64: thunderbird-2.0.0.24-21.el5.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-2.0.0.24-21.el5.x86_64.rpm RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server): Source: i386: thunderbird-2.0.0.24-21.el5.i386.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-2.0.0.24-21.el5.i386.rpm x86_64: thunderbird-2.0.0.24-21.el5.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-2.0.0.24-21.el5.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package 7. References: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2982 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2983 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ Copyright 2011 Red Hat, Inc. . Update Thunderbird on Red Hat Linux versions 4 and 5 to rectify severe vulnerabilities related to HTML and JavaScript interpretation.. Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Thunderbird Security Update, Mozilla Fix. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
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