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Posted on 27 June 2019
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: thunderbird security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:1626-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1626
Issue date: 2019-06-27
CVE Names: CVE-2019-11703 CVE-2019-11704 CVE-2019-11705
CVE-2019-11706 CVE-2019-11707 CVE-2019-11708
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1. Summary:
An update for thunderbird is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64le, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64le
3. Description:
Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.
This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 60.7.2.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: Type confusion in Array.pop (CVE-2019-11707)
* thunderbird: Stack buffer overflow in icalrecur_add_bydayrules in
icalrecur.c (CVE-2019-11705)
* Mozilla: Sandbox escape using Prompt:Open (CVE-2019-11708)
* thunderbird: Heap buffer over read in icalparser.c parser_get_next_char
(CVE-2019-11703)
* thunderbird: Heap buffer overflow in icalmemory_strdup_and_dequote
function in icalvalue.c (CVE-2019-11704)
* thunderbird: Type confusion in icaltimezone_get_vtimezone_properties
function in icalproperty.c (CVE-2019-11706)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
4. Solution:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to
take effect.
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1720001 - CVE-2019-11703 libical: Heap buffer over read in icalparser.c parser_get_next_char
1720006 - CVE-2019-11704 libical: Heap buffer overflow in icalmemory_strdup_and_dequote function in icalvalue.c
1720008 - CVE-2019-11705 libical: Stack buffer overflow in icalrecur_add_bydayrules in icalrecur.c
1720011 - CVE-2019-11706 libical: Type confusion in icaltimezone_get_vtimezone_properties function in icalproperty.c
1721789 - CVE-2019-11707 Mozilla: Type confusion in Array.pop
1722673 - CVE-2019-11708 Mozilla: Sandbox escape using Prompt:Open
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source:
thunderbird-60.7.2-2.el7_6.src.rpm
x86_64:
thunderbird-60.7.2-2.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-60.7.2-2.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):
Source:
thunderbird-60.7.2-2.el7_6.src.rpm
ppc64le:
thunderbird-60.7.2-2.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-60.7.2-2.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64:
thunderbird-60.7.2-2.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-60.7.2-2.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7):
Source:
thunderbird-60.7.2-2.el7_6.src.rpm
aarch64:
thunderbird-60.7.2-2.el7_6.aarch64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-60.7.2-2.el7_6.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
thunderbird-60.7.2-2.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-60.7.2-2.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source:
thunderbird-60.7.2-2.el7_6.src.rpm
x86_64:
thunderbird-60.7.2-2.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-60.7.2-2.el7_6.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/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11703
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11704
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11705
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11706
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11707
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11708
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
