Issued:
2010-03-17
Updated:
2010-03-17

RHSA-2010:0154 - 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.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate
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.

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 with the privileges of the
user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2009-2462, CVE-2009-2463, CVE-2009-2466,
CVE-2009-3072, CVE-2009-3075, CVE-2009-3380, CVE-2009-3979, CVE-2010-0159)

A use-after-free flaw was found in Thunderbird. An attacker could use this
flaw to crash Thunderbird or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2009-3077)

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the Thunderbird string to
floating point conversion routines. An HTML mail message containing
malicious JavaScript could crash Thunderbird or, potentially, execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird.
(CVE-2009-0689)

A use-after-free flaw was found in Thunderbird. Under low memory
conditions, viewing an HTML mail message containing malicious content could
result in Thunderbird executing arbitrary code with the privileges of the
user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2009-1571)

A flaw was found in the way Thunderbird created temporary file names for
downloaded files. If a local attacker knows the name of a file Thunderbird
is going to download, they can replace the contents of that file with
arbitrary contents. (CVE-2009-3274)

A flaw was found in the way Thunderbird displayed a right-to-left override
character when downloading a file. In these cases, the name displayed in
the title bar differed from the name displayed in the dialog body. An
attacker could use this flaw to trick a user into downloading a file that
has a file name or extension that is different from what the user expected.
(CVE-2009-3376)

A flaw was found in the way Thunderbird processed SOCKS5 proxy replies. A
malicious SOCKS5 server could send a specially-crafted reply that would
cause Thunderbird to crash. (CVE-2009-2470)

Descriptions in the dialogs when adding and removing PKCS #11 modules were
not informative. An attacker able to trick a user into installing a
malicious PKCS #11 module could use this flaw to install their own
Certificate Authority certificates on a user's machine, making it possible
to trick the user into believing they are viewing trusted content or,
potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running
Thunderbird. (CVE-2009-3076)

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 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

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 - 512128 - CVE-2009-2462 Mozilla Browser engine crashes
  • BZ - 512131 - CVE-2009-2463 Mozilla Base64 decoding crash
  • BZ - 512136 - CVE-2009-2466 Mozilla JavaScript engine crashes
  • BZ - 512145 - CVE-2009-2470 Mozilla data corruption with SOCKS5 reply
  • BZ - 521688 - CVE-2009-3072 Firefox 3.5.3 3.0.14 browser engine crashes
  • BZ - 521691 - CVE-2009-3075 Firefox 3.5.2 3.0.14 JavaScript engine crashes
  • BZ - 521692 - CVE-2009-3076 Firefox 3.0.14 Insufficient warning for PKCS11 module installation and removal
  • BZ - 521693 - CVE-2009-3077 Firefox 3.5.3 3.0.14 TreeColumns dangling pointer vulnerability
  • BZ - 524815 - CVE-2009-3274 Firefox: Predictable /tmp pathname use
  • BZ - 530162 - CVE-2009-0689 (rejected CVE-2009-1563) Firefox heap buffer overflow in string to number conversion
  • BZ - 530168 - CVE-2009-3376 Firefox download filename spoofing with RTL override
  • BZ - 530567 - CVE-2009-3380 Firefox crashes with evidence of memory corruption
  • BZ - 546694 - CVE-2009-3979 Mozilla crash with evidence of memory corruption
  • BZ - 566047 - CVE-2010-0159 Mozilla crashes with evidence of memory corruption (MFSA 2010-01)
  • BZ - 566050 - CVE-2009-1571 Mozilla incorrectly frees used memory (MFSA 2010-03)

CVEs

References

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-25.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: dafa31deba416442b148c6ff2aa2ec88d073e9035b68d3e06bef9f4dd5038c2c
x86_64
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-25.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 01ff6b07ed108e9e50505111178619c4743692152891cb6024a7bdf310069800
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-25.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 01ff6b07ed108e9e50505111178619c4743692152891cb6024a7bdf310069800
ia64
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-25.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 0f3494427e00b35146d1156d504a302b7fe5b4dbc8e01e91dfa3453ce0948985
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-25.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 0f3494427e00b35146d1156d504a302b7fe5b4dbc8e01e91dfa3453ce0948985
i386
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-25.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 532a25e77ee3b0b6dcad6dc20cee9d8d3e0710c47a9283312a342d69dfff2cd0
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-25.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 532a25e77ee3b0b6dcad6dc20cee9d8d3e0710c47a9283312a342d69dfff2cd0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.8

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-25.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: dafa31deba416442b148c6ff2aa2ec88d073e9035b68d3e06bef9f4dd5038c2c
x86_64
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-25.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 01ff6b07ed108e9e50505111178619c4743692152891cb6024a7bdf310069800
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-25.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 01ff6b07ed108e9e50505111178619c4743692152891cb6024a7bdf310069800
ia64
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-25.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 0f3494427e00b35146d1156d504a302b7fe5b4dbc8e01e91dfa3453ce0948985
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-25.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 0f3494427e00b35146d1156d504a302b7fe5b4dbc8e01e91dfa3453ce0948985
i386
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-25.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 532a25e77ee3b0b6dcad6dc20cee9d8d3e0710c47a9283312a342d69dfff2cd0
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-25.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 532a25e77ee3b0b6dcad6dc20cee9d8d3e0710c47a9283312a342d69dfff2cd0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-25.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: dafa31deba416442b148c6ff2aa2ec88d073e9035b68d3e06bef9f4dd5038c2c
x86_64
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-25.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 01ff6b07ed108e9e50505111178619c4743692152891cb6024a7bdf310069800
ia64
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-25.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 0f3494427e00b35146d1156d504a302b7fe5b4dbc8e01e91dfa3453ce0948985
i386
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-25.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 532a25e77ee3b0b6dcad6dc20cee9d8d3e0710c47a9283312a342d69dfff2cd0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-25.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: dafa31deba416442b148c6ff2aa2ec88d073e9035b68d3e06bef9f4dd5038c2c
x86_64
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-25.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 01ff6b07ed108e9e50505111178619c4743692152891cb6024a7bdf310069800
i386
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-25.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 532a25e77ee3b0b6dcad6dc20cee9d8d3e0710c47a9283312a342d69dfff2cd0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-25.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: dafa31deba416442b148c6ff2aa2ec88d073e9035b68d3e06bef9f4dd5038c2c
s390x
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-25.el4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: bef2a0a5217901abf7976ae5d611d09a368c74594ed28910319a555cc382a42e
s390
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-25.el4.s390.rpm SHA-256: b9fa9eb4b59441f895f26f0e0e165cd24df8a93fb78d4bc935d6400f2df39098

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

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-25.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: dafa31deba416442b148c6ff2aa2ec88d073e9035b68d3e06bef9f4dd5038c2c
s390x
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-25.el4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: bef2a0a5217901abf7976ae5d611d09a368c74594ed28910319a555cc382a42e
s390
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-25.el4.s390.rpm SHA-256: b9fa9eb4b59441f895f26f0e0e165cd24df8a93fb78d4bc935d6400f2df39098

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-25.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: dafa31deba416442b148c6ff2aa2ec88d073e9035b68d3e06bef9f4dd5038c2c
ppc
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-25.el4.ppc.rpm SHA-256: f85950b1cf5880b2b62b65ec95f839224c1bea500b7509eb26b61366937a4718

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

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-25.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: dafa31deba416442b148c6ff2aa2ec88d073e9035b68d3e06bef9f4dd5038c2c
ppc
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-25.el4.ppc.rpm SHA-256: f85950b1cf5880b2b62b65ec95f839224c1bea500b7509eb26b61366937a4718

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