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Critical: thunderbird security update. Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:25:51 -0500 Reply-To: Troy Dawson Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux From: Troy Dawson Subject: Security ERRATA Critical: thunderbird on SL6.x i386/x86_64 Comments: To: "This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it." MIME-Version: 1.0 Synopsis: Critical: thunderbird security update Issue Date: 2011-08-16 CVE Numbers: CVE-2011-2982 CVE-2011-0084 CVE-2011-2378 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 dangling pointer flaw was found in the Thunderbird Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) text manipulation routine. An HTML mail message containing a malicious SVG image could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2011-0084) A dangling pointer flaw was found in the way Thunderbird handled a certain Document Object Model (DOM) element. An HTML mail message containing malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2011-2378) 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. SL6: i386 thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.i686.rpm x86_64 thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.x86_64.rpm - Scientific Linux Development Team . Essential security patch for Thunderbird rectifies vulnerabilities impacting users; prompt upgrade advised to mitigate risks.. Thunderbird Security Update, Scientific Linux Update, Critical Security Advisory, Remote Code Execution, HTML Flaws. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
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