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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: thunderbird security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2008:0209-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0209.html
Issue date: 2008-04-03
CVE Names: CVE-2008-1233 CVE-2008-1234 CVE-2008-1235
CVE-2008-1236 CVE-2008-1237 CVE-2008-1238
CVE-2008-1241
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1. Summary:
Updated thunderbird packages that fix several security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.
This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, 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
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) - i386, x86_64
3. Description:
Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.
Several flaws were found in the processing of some malformed HTML mail
content. An HTML mail message containing such malicious content could cause
Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user
running Thunderbird. (CVE-2008-1233, CVE-2008-1235, CVE-2008-1236,
CVE-2008-1237)
Several flaws were found in the display of malformed web content. An HTML
mail message containing specially-crafted content could, potentially, trick
a user into surrendering sensitive information. (CVE-2008-1234,
CVE-2008-1238, CVE-2008-1241)
Note: JavaScript support is disabled by default in Thunderbird; the above
issues are not exploitable unless JavaScript is enabled.
All Thunderbird users should upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain backported patches to resolve these issues.
4. Solution:
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
438713 - CVE-2008-1233 Mozilla products XPCNativeWrapper pollution
438715 - CVE-2008-1234 universal XSS using event handlers
438717 - CVE-2008-1235 chrome privilege via wrong principal
438718 - CVE-2008-1236 browser engine crashes
438721 - CVE-2008-1237 javascript crashes
438724 - CVE-2008-1238 Referrer spoofing bug
438730 - CVE-2008-1241 XUL popup spoofing
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4AS/en/os/SRPMS/thunderbird-1.5.0.12-10.el4.src.rpm
i386:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-10.el4.i386.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-10.el4.i386.rpm
ia64:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-10.el4.ia64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-10.el4.ia64.rpm
ppc:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-10.el4.ppc.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-10.el4.ppc.rpm
s390:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-10.el4.s390.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-10.el4.s390.rpm
s390x:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-10.el4.s390x.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-10.el4.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-10.el4.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-10.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4Desktop/en/os/SRPMS/thunderbird-1.5.0.12-10.el4.src.rpm
i386:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-10.el4.i386.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-10.el4.i386.rpm
x86_64:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-10.el4.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-10.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4ES/en/os/SRPMS/thunderbird-1.5.0.12-10.el4.src.rpm
i386:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-10.el4.i386.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-10.el4.i386.rpm
ia64:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-10.el4.ia64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-10.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-10.el4.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-10.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4WS/en/os/SRPMS/thunderbird-1.5.0.12-10.el4.src.rpm
i386:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-10.el4.i386.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-10.el4.i386.rpm
ia64:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-10.el4.ia64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-10.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-10.el4.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-10.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/thunderbird-1.5.0.12-11.el5_1.src.rpm
i386:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-11.el5_1.i386.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-11.el5_1.i386.rpm
x86_64:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-11.el5_1.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-11.el5_1.x86_64.rpm
RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/thunderbird-1.5.0.12-11.el5_1.src.rpm
i386:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-11.el5_1.i386.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-11.el5_1.i386.rpm
x86_64:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-11.el5_1.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-11.el5_1.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://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package
7. References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1233
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1234
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1235
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1236
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1237
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1238
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1241
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2008 Red Hat, Inc.
