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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Critical: thunderbird security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2011:0311-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0311.html
Issue date: 2011-03-01
CVE Names: CVE-2010-1585 CVE-2011-0053 CVE-2011-0061
CVE-2011-0062
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1. Summary:
An updated thunderbird package that fixes several security issues is now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
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:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, 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-2010-1585, CVE-2011-0053, CVE-2011-0062)
A flaw was found in the way Thunderbird handled malformed JPEG images. An
HTML mail message containing a malicious JPEG image could cause
Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2011-0061)
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
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
675082 - CVE-2011-0053 Mozilla miscellaneous memory safety hazards (MFSA 2011-01)
675083 - CVE-2011-0062 Mozilla miscellaneous memory safety hazards (MFSA 2011-01)
675094 - CVE-2010-1585 Mozilla ParanoidFragmentSink allows javascript: URLs in chrome documents (MFSA 2011-08)
675095 - CVE-2011-0061 Mozilla crash caused by corrupted JPEG image (MFSA 2011-09)
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Client/en/os/SRPMS/thunderbird-3.1.8-4.el6_0.src.rpm
i386:
thunderbird-3.1.8-4.el6_0.i686.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.8-4.el6_0.i686.rpm
x86_64:
thunderbird-3.1.8-4.el6_0.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.8-4.el6_0.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/os/SRPMS/thunderbird-3.1.8-4.el6_0.src.rpm
i386:
thunderbird-3.1.8-4.el6_0.i686.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.8-4.el6_0.i686.rpm
ppc64:
thunderbird-3.1.8-4.el6_0.ppc64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.8-4.el6_0.ppc64.rpm
s390x:
thunderbird-3.1.8-4.el6_0.s390x.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.8-4.el6_0.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
thunderbird-3.1.8-4.el6_0.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.8-4.el6_0.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Workstation/en/os/SRPMS/thunderbird-3.1.8-4.el6_0.src.rpm
i386:
thunderbird-3.1.8-4.el6_0.i686.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.8-4.el6_0.i686.rpm
x86_64:
thunderbird-3.1.8-4.el6_0.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.8-4.el6_0.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://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-1585.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2011-0053.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2011-0061.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2011-0062.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2011 Red Hat, Inc.
