Issued:
2009-01-07
Updated:
2009-01-07

RHSA-2009:0002 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Moderate: thunderbird security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

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 moderate security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.

Description

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed HTML mail content.
An HTML mail message containing malicious content could cause Thunderbird
to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running
Thunderbird. (CVE-2008-5500, CVE-2008-5501, CVE-2008-5502, CVE-2008-5511,
CVE-2008-5512, CVE-2008-5513)

Several flaws were found in the way malformed content was processed. An
HTML mail message containing specially-crafted content could potentially
trick a Thunderbird user into surrendering sensitive information.
(CVE-2008-5503, CVE-2008-5506, CVE-2008-5507)

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 malformed URLs were processed by
Thunderbird. This flaw could prevent various URL sanitization mechanisms
from properly parsing a malicious URL. (CVE-2008-5508)

All Thunderbird users should upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve these issues. All running instances of Thunderbird must be
restarted for the update to take effect.

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/docs/DOC-11259

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 5.2 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 5.2 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.7 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.7 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 4.7 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.7 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.7 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

  • BZ - 476266 - CVE-2008-5500 Layout engine crashes - Firefox 2 and 3
  • BZ - 476267 - CVE-2008-5501 Layout engine crash - Firefox 3 only
  • BZ - 476269 - CVE-2008-5502 JavaScript engine crash - Firefox 3 only
  • BZ - 476272 - CVE-2008-5503 Firefox 2 Information stealing via loadBindingDocument
  • BZ - 476278 - CVE-2008-5506 Firefox XMLHttpRequest 302 response disclosure
  • BZ - 476280 - CVE-2008-5507 Firefox Cross-domain data theft via script redirect error message
  • BZ - 476281 - CVE-2008-5508 Firefox errors parsing URLs with control characters
  • BZ - 476285 - CVE-2008-5511 Firefox XSS via XBL bindings to unloaded document
  • BZ - 476287 - CVE-2008-5512 Firefox JavaScript privilege escalation
  • BZ - 476289 - CVE-2008-5513 Firefox XSS vulnerabilities in SessionStore

CVEs

References

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
thunderbird-2.0.0.19-1.el5_2.src.rpm SHA-256: 72c6adabeebb9230ad8da15f286a54b106c8208758feea0c5347a3d05c0d57c6
x86_64
thunderbird-2.0.0.19-1.el5_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ea6f0fe90febc322ceeb551796cb0f8d70917881d8497d6ad8ce4f85f9e7cfb7
i386
thunderbird-2.0.0.19-1.el5_2.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2b2399e359134b9e58106ba7bf38886c708fc2ada6370c8d64a0ebd6afc0c5c3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: 098cede670c381b19f21fc099b385fd1e2ed880022a2fb3f005e13507600375c
x86_64
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d6e72a4b438fac9c8a36e8ef442e7cff7213daa266f6bec9ff9b697bcf0907e1
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d6e72a4b438fac9c8a36e8ef442e7cff7213daa266f6bec9ff9b697bcf0907e1
ia64
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: e642aa92643cb8635fb77fe44d0aee3d2ee3df64921bbb6cb3bdba9aea4c2760
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: e642aa92643cb8635fb77fe44d0aee3d2ee3df64921bbb6cb3bdba9aea4c2760
i386
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: ca08f940e62820c48d0b7818ed0c65fc5912acc4bbb7d60da57bb5eeb84f6d1d
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: ca08f940e62820c48d0b7818ed0c65fc5912acc4bbb7d60da57bb5eeb84f6d1d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.7

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: 098cede670c381b19f21fc099b385fd1e2ed880022a2fb3f005e13507600375c
x86_64
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d6e72a4b438fac9c8a36e8ef442e7cff7213daa266f6bec9ff9b697bcf0907e1
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d6e72a4b438fac9c8a36e8ef442e7cff7213daa266f6bec9ff9b697bcf0907e1
ia64
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: e642aa92643cb8635fb77fe44d0aee3d2ee3df64921bbb6cb3bdba9aea4c2760
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: e642aa92643cb8635fb77fe44d0aee3d2ee3df64921bbb6cb3bdba9aea4c2760
i386
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: ca08f940e62820c48d0b7818ed0c65fc5912acc4bbb7d60da57bb5eeb84f6d1d
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: ca08f940e62820c48d0b7818ed0c65fc5912acc4bbb7d60da57bb5eeb84f6d1d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
thunderbird-2.0.0.19-1.el5_2.src.rpm SHA-256: 72c6adabeebb9230ad8da15f286a54b106c8208758feea0c5347a3d05c0d57c6
x86_64
thunderbird-2.0.0.19-1.el5_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ea6f0fe90febc322ceeb551796cb0f8d70917881d8497d6ad8ce4f85f9e7cfb7
i386
thunderbird-2.0.0.19-1.el5_2.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2b2399e359134b9e58106ba7bf38886c708fc2ada6370c8d64a0ebd6afc0c5c3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: 098cede670c381b19f21fc099b385fd1e2ed880022a2fb3f005e13507600375c
x86_64
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d6e72a4b438fac9c8a36e8ef442e7cff7213daa266f6bec9ff9b697bcf0907e1
ia64
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: e642aa92643cb8635fb77fe44d0aee3d2ee3df64921bbb6cb3bdba9aea4c2760
i386
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: ca08f940e62820c48d0b7818ed0c65fc5912acc4bbb7d60da57bb5eeb84f6d1d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
thunderbird-2.0.0.19-1.el5_2.src.rpm SHA-256: 72c6adabeebb9230ad8da15f286a54b106c8208758feea0c5347a3d05c0d57c6
x86_64
thunderbird-2.0.0.19-1.el5_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ea6f0fe90febc322ceeb551796cb0f8d70917881d8497d6ad8ce4f85f9e7cfb7
i386
thunderbird-2.0.0.19-1.el5_2.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2b2399e359134b9e58106ba7bf38886c708fc2ada6370c8d64a0ebd6afc0c5c3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: 098cede670c381b19f21fc099b385fd1e2ed880022a2fb3f005e13507600375c
x86_64
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d6e72a4b438fac9c8a36e8ef442e7cff7213daa266f6bec9ff9b697bcf0907e1
i386
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: ca08f940e62820c48d0b7818ed0c65fc5912acc4bbb7d60da57bb5eeb84f6d1d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: 098cede670c381b19f21fc099b385fd1e2ed880022a2fb3f005e13507600375c
s390x
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 781062e066d7536beeebc00bceba58ab0bc53ac51f46c80b9af2de0fef81aa55
s390
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.s390.rpm SHA-256: 92ac27cbc421e64d3aa02b06030393426e238f8fa0e4b1ca5119cf3d81c2e09f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.7

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: 098cede670c381b19f21fc099b385fd1e2ed880022a2fb3f005e13507600375c
s390x
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 781062e066d7536beeebc00bceba58ab0bc53ac51f46c80b9af2de0fef81aa55
s390
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.s390.rpm SHA-256: 92ac27cbc421e64d3aa02b06030393426e238f8fa0e4b1ca5119cf3d81c2e09f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: 098cede670c381b19f21fc099b385fd1e2ed880022a2fb3f005e13507600375c
ppc
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 4da71618b0d75d426394e1d1fb7961c273024fbb2467eb80e3004682569de47d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.7

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: 098cede670c381b19f21fc099b385fd1e2ed880022a2fb3f005e13507600375c
ppc
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 4da71618b0d75d426394e1d1fb7961c273024fbb2467eb80e3004682569de47d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
thunderbird-2.0.0.19-1.el5_2.src.rpm SHA-256: 72c6adabeebb9230ad8da15f286a54b106c8208758feea0c5347a3d05c0d57c6
x86_64
thunderbird-2.0.0.19-1.el5_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ea6f0fe90febc322ceeb551796cb0f8d70917881d8497d6ad8ce4f85f9e7cfb7
i386
thunderbird-2.0.0.19-1.el5_2.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2b2399e359134b9e58106ba7bf38886c708fc2ada6370c8d64a0ebd6afc0c5c3

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