Issued:
2009-06-25
Updated:
2009-06-25

RHSA-2009:1125 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Moderate: thunderbird security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

Topic

An updated thunderbird package that fixes several security issues is now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

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-2009-1392, CVE-2009-1303, CVE-2009-1305, CVE-2009-1833,
CVE-2009-1838)

Several flaws were found in the way malformed HTML mail content was
processed. An HTML mail message containing malicious content could execute
arbitrary JavaScript in the context of the mail message, possibly
presenting misleading data to the user, or stealing sensitive information
such as login credentials. (CVE-2009-1306, CVE-2009-1307, CVE-2009-1309)

Note: JavaScript support is disabled by default in Thunderbird. None of the
above issues are exploitable unless JavaScript is enabled.

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.

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 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 4.8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.8 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.8 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 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 4.8 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.8 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.8 ppc

Fixes

  • BZ - 496253 - CVE-2009-1303 Firefox 2 and 3 Layout engine crash
  • BZ - 496256 - CVE-2009-1305 Firefox 2 and 3 JavaScript engine crash
  • BZ - 496262 - CVE-2009-1306 Firefox jar: scheme ignores the content-disposition: header on the inner URI
  • BZ - 496263 - CVE-2009-1307 Firefox Same-origin violations when Adobe Flash loaded via view-source: protocol
  • BZ - 496267 - CVE-2009-1309 Firefox Same-origin violations in XMLHttpRequest and XPCNativeWrapper.toString
  • BZ - 503568 - CVE-2009-1392 Firefox browser engine crashes
  • BZ - 503570 - CVE-2009-1833 Firefox JavaScript engine crashes
  • BZ - 503580 - CVE-2009-1838 Firefox arbitrary code execution flaw

CVEs

References

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-23.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: 7d01e0e652c323147aff8d208add16d8e210bacae08bf19af80183e429508bd7
x86_64
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-23.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4ec47cf383b7dbfba810d282a069cbae2fa4e22189f7acb35ae83eda98b02568
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-23.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4ec47cf383b7dbfba810d282a069cbae2fa4e22189f7acb35ae83eda98b02568
ia64
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-23.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: c1fb42ca2194b474d2902b43bd56800b5e87ed93ca25f2a51de05d0e3abe5cf4
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-23.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: c1fb42ca2194b474d2902b43bd56800b5e87ed93ca25f2a51de05d0e3abe5cf4
i386
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-23.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 0f6c6ea730c48b916108147ea662a06c7f8eba038f8b697536e8954c740f551a
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-23.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 0f6c6ea730c48b916108147ea662a06c7f8eba038f8b697536e8954c740f551a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.8

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-23.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: 7d01e0e652c323147aff8d208add16d8e210bacae08bf19af80183e429508bd7
x86_64
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-23.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4ec47cf383b7dbfba810d282a069cbae2fa4e22189f7acb35ae83eda98b02568
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-23.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4ec47cf383b7dbfba810d282a069cbae2fa4e22189f7acb35ae83eda98b02568
ia64
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-23.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: c1fb42ca2194b474d2902b43bd56800b5e87ed93ca25f2a51de05d0e3abe5cf4
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-23.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: c1fb42ca2194b474d2902b43bd56800b5e87ed93ca25f2a51de05d0e3abe5cf4
i386
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-23.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 0f6c6ea730c48b916108147ea662a06c7f8eba038f8b697536e8954c740f551a
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-23.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 0f6c6ea730c48b916108147ea662a06c7f8eba038f8b697536e8954c740f551a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-23.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: 7d01e0e652c323147aff8d208add16d8e210bacae08bf19af80183e429508bd7
x86_64
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-23.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4ec47cf383b7dbfba810d282a069cbae2fa4e22189f7acb35ae83eda98b02568
ia64
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-23.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: c1fb42ca2194b474d2902b43bd56800b5e87ed93ca25f2a51de05d0e3abe5cf4
i386
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-23.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 0f6c6ea730c48b916108147ea662a06c7f8eba038f8b697536e8954c740f551a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-23.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: 7d01e0e652c323147aff8d208add16d8e210bacae08bf19af80183e429508bd7
x86_64
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-23.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4ec47cf383b7dbfba810d282a069cbae2fa4e22189f7acb35ae83eda98b02568
i386
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-23.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 0f6c6ea730c48b916108147ea662a06c7f8eba038f8b697536e8954c740f551a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-23.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: 7d01e0e652c323147aff8d208add16d8e210bacae08bf19af80183e429508bd7
s390x
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-23.el4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 5dd6d771f5962373f8ab47f82ad7ff1fa9e786972815740531f44628e9a9ff7b
s390
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-23.el4.s390.rpm SHA-256: f5532f4edd622adbf2450444f173344874c9b47851d953df406fb67fdbd243c7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.8

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-23.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: 7d01e0e652c323147aff8d208add16d8e210bacae08bf19af80183e429508bd7
s390x
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-23.el4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 5dd6d771f5962373f8ab47f82ad7ff1fa9e786972815740531f44628e9a9ff7b
s390
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-23.el4.s390.rpm SHA-256: f5532f4edd622adbf2450444f173344874c9b47851d953df406fb67fdbd243c7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-23.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: 7d01e0e652c323147aff8d208add16d8e210bacae08bf19af80183e429508bd7
ppc
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-23.el4.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 2775ba1680dbadf8f22809e7b38cfa6f7e1b3594c7a3cad9e8302bf819f79e1c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.8

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-23.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: 7d01e0e652c323147aff8d208add16d8e210bacae08bf19af80183e429508bd7
ppc
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-23.el4.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 2775ba1680dbadf8f22809e7b38cfa6f7e1b3594c7a3cad9e8302bf819f79e1c

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