Issued:
2008-02-07
Updated:
2008-02-27

RHSA-2008:0105 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Critical: thunderbird security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Critical

Topic

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 critical security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.

[Updated 27th February 2008]
The erratum text has been updated to include the details of additional
issues that were fixed by these erratum packages, but which were not public
at the time of release. No changes have been made to the packages.

Description

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way Thunderbird
processed messages with external-body Multipurpose Internet Message
Extensions (MIME) types. A HTML mail message containing malicious content
could cause Thunderbird to execute arbitrary code as the user running
Thunderbird. (CVE-2008-0304)

Several flaws were found in the way Thunderbird processed certain malformed
HTML mail content. A HTML mail message containing malicious content could
cause Thunderbird to crash, or potentially execute arbitrary code as the
user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2008-0412, CVE-2008-0413, CVE-2008-0415,
CVE-2008-0419)

Several flaws were found in the way Thunderbird displayed malformed HTML
mail content. A HTML mail message containing specially-crafted content
could trick a user into surrendering sensitive information. (CVE-2008-0420,
CVE-2008-0591, CVE-2008-0593)

A flaw was found in the way Thunderbird handles certain chrome URLs. If a
user has certain extensions installed, it could allow a malicious HTML mail
message to steal sensitive session data. Note: this flaw does not affect a
default installation of Thunderbird. (CVE-2008-0418)

Note: JavaScript support is disabled by default in Thunderbird; the above
issues are not exploitable unless JavaScript is enabled.

A flaw was found in the way Thunderbird saves certain text files. If a
remote site offers a file of type "plain/text", rather than "text/plain",
Thunderbird will not show future "text/plain" content to the user, forcing
them to save those files locally to view the content. (CVE-2008-0592)

Users of thunderbird are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which contain backported patches to resolve these issues.

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

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 5.1 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 5.1 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.6 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.6 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.6 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

  • BZ - 431732 - CVE-2008-0412 Mozilla layout engine crashes
  • BZ - 431733 - CVE-2008-0413 Mozilla javascript engine crashes
  • BZ - 431739 - CVE-2008-0415 Mozilla arbitrary code execution
  • BZ - 431748 - CVE-2008-0418 Mozilla chrome: directory traversal
  • BZ - 431749 - CVE-2008-0419 Mozilla arbitrary code execution
  • BZ - 431751 - CVE-2008-0591 Mozilla information disclosure flaw
  • BZ - 431752 - CVE-2008-0592 Mozilla text file mishandling
  • BZ - 431756 - CVE-2008-0593 Mozilla URL token stealing flaw
  • BZ - 435123 - CVE-2008-0304 thunderbird/seamonkey: MIME External-Body Heap Overflow Vulnerability

CVEs

References

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: e8ad87cb1c52fb339ac02e7510655a63ce03e7f4811a05d1330d1416a29949b2
x86_64
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f1655ec2eb882f7d59d8205649c3dae84c68fadbb28ed29de8fe0f37513b4a9f
i386
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 446eb4d410034b13c69431b0c0deb9c23394fdfafd7c868d46a8d25d073920e4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: 60101a1d7693ff533bdd3e7519835db50bd4f0cc79244153bece29568320d531
x86_64
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d10e10138d15aadd0ceb6cb6643c79cb1a70355b5df298d03dbcabecd1c80bb8
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d10e10138d15aadd0ceb6cb6643c79cb1a70355b5df298d03dbcabecd1c80bb8
ia64
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 730d2e54b508200b85dfd43221ff6df85d57680ef639966ba1072c39245209a3
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 730d2e54b508200b85dfd43221ff6df85d57680ef639966ba1072c39245209a3
i386
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: e93bbb1910adcc3af5dda09fa3f82e8e7400e2a4cab07465085a909d3d3bdbc7
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: e93bbb1910adcc3af5dda09fa3f82e8e7400e2a4cab07465085a909d3d3bdbc7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.6

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: 60101a1d7693ff533bdd3e7519835db50bd4f0cc79244153bece29568320d531
x86_64
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d10e10138d15aadd0ceb6cb6643c79cb1a70355b5df298d03dbcabecd1c80bb8
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d10e10138d15aadd0ceb6cb6643c79cb1a70355b5df298d03dbcabecd1c80bb8
ia64
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 730d2e54b508200b85dfd43221ff6df85d57680ef639966ba1072c39245209a3
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 730d2e54b508200b85dfd43221ff6df85d57680ef639966ba1072c39245209a3
i386
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: e93bbb1910adcc3af5dda09fa3f82e8e7400e2a4cab07465085a909d3d3bdbc7
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: e93bbb1910adcc3af5dda09fa3f82e8e7400e2a4cab07465085a909d3d3bdbc7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: e8ad87cb1c52fb339ac02e7510655a63ce03e7f4811a05d1330d1416a29949b2
x86_64
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f1655ec2eb882f7d59d8205649c3dae84c68fadbb28ed29de8fe0f37513b4a9f
i386
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 446eb4d410034b13c69431b0c0deb9c23394fdfafd7c868d46a8d25d073920e4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: 60101a1d7693ff533bdd3e7519835db50bd4f0cc79244153bece29568320d531
x86_64
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d10e10138d15aadd0ceb6cb6643c79cb1a70355b5df298d03dbcabecd1c80bb8
ia64
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 730d2e54b508200b85dfd43221ff6df85d57680ef639966ba1072c39245209a3
i386
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: e93bbb1910adcc3af5dda09fa3f82e8e7400e2a4cab07465085a909d3d3bdbc7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: e8ad87cb1c52fb339ac02e7510655a63ce03e7f4811a05d1330d1416a29949b2
x86_64
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f1655ec2eb882f7d59d8205649c3dae84c68fadbb28ed29de8fe0f37513b4a9f
i386
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 446eb4d410034b13c69431b0c0deb9c23394fdfafd7c868d46a8d25d073920e4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: 60101a1d7693ff533bdd3e7519835db50bd4f0cc79244153bece29568320d531
x86_64
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d10e10138d15aadd0ceb6cb6643c79cb1a70355b5df298d03dbcabecd1c80bb8
i386
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: e93bbb1910adcc3af5dda09fa3f82e8e7400e2a4cab07465085a909d3d3bdbc7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: 60101a1d7693ff533bdd3e7519835db50bd4f0cc79244153bece29568320d531
s390x
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8c84a30fe5ee30e77f9c3add59093fcb3daf496f1d2642f18ac8372fe441ad02
s390
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el4.s390.rpm SHA-256: d3f2e209ced9e52d28ee027b21d8179bb613277ffbc1cbeacd45dafb6ccc1198

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.6

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: 60101a1d7693ff533bdd3e7519835db50bd4f0cc79244153bece29568320d531
s390x
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8c84a30fe5ee30e77f9c3add59093fcb3daf496f1d2642f18ac8372fe441ad02
s390
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el4.s390.rpm SHA-256: d3f2e209ced9e52d28ee027b21d8179bb613277ffbc1cbeacd45dafb6ccc1198

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: 60101a1d7693ff533bdd3e7519835db50bd4f0cc79244153bece29568320d531
ppc
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el4.ppc.rpm SHA-256: ed610068747963ea41e27b76f0571c89c5f682ed1732749b5efe82254eca92d5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.6

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: 60101a1d7693ff533bdd3e7519835db50bd4f0cc79244153bece29568320d531
ppc
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el4.ppc.rpm SHA-256: ed610068747963ea41e27b76f0571c89c5f682ed1732749b5efe82254eca92d5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: e8ad87cb1c52fb339ac02e7510655a63ce03e7f4811a05d1330d1416a29949b2
x86_64
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f1655ec2eb882f7d59d8205649c3dae84c68fadbb28ed29de8fe0f37513b4a9f
i386
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-8.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 446eb4d410034b13c69431b0c0deb9c23394fdfafd7c868d46a8d25d073920e4

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