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Posted on 15 December 2022
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: thunderbird security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:9079-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:9079
Issue date: 2022-12-15
CVE Names: CVE-2022-45414 CVE-2022-46872 CVE-2022-46874
CVE-2022-46878 CVE-2022-46880 CVE-2022-46881
CVE-2022-46882
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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
3. Description:
Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.
This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 102.6.0.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: Arbitrary file read from a compromised content process
(CVE-2022-46872)
* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 102.6 and Thunderbird
102.6 (CVE-2022-46878)
* Mozilla: Use-after-free in WebGL (CVE-2022-46880)
* Mozilla: Memory corruption in WebGL (CVE-2022-46881)
* Mozilla: Quoting from an HTML email with certain tags will trigger
network requests and load remote content, regardless of a configuration to
block remote content (CVE-2022-45414)
* Mozilla: Drag and Dropped Filenames could have been truncated to
malicious extensions (CVE-2022-46874)
* Mozilla: Use-after-free in WebGL (CVE-2022-46882)
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/):
2149868 - CVE-2022-45414 Mozilla: Quoting from an HTML email with certain tags will trigger network requests and load remote content, regardless of a configuration to block remote content
2153441 - CVE-2022-46872 Mozilla: Arbitrary file read from a compromised content process
2153449 - CVE-2022-46874 Mozilla: Drag and Dropped Filenames could have been truncated to malicious extensions
2153454 - CVE-2022-46878 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 102.6 and Thunderbird 102.6
2153463 - CVE-2022-46880 Mozilla: Use-after-free in WebGL
2153466 - CVE-2022-46881 Mozilla: Memory corruption in WebGL
2153467 - CVE-2022-46882 Mozilla: Use-after-free in WebGL
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source:
thunderbird-102.6.0-2.el7_9.src.rpm
x86_64:
thunderbird-102.6.0-2.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-102.6.0-2.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):
Source:
thunderbird-102.6.0-2.el7_9.src.rpm
ppc64le:
thunderbird-102.6.0-2.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-102.6.0-2.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64:
thunderbird-102.6.0-2.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-102.6.0-2.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source:
thunderbird-102.6.0-2.el7_9.src.rpm
x86_64:
thunderbird-102.6.0-2.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-102.6.0-2.el7_9.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-2022-45414
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46872
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46874
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46878
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46880
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46881
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46882
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/
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