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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2011:1166 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2011-08-16
Updated:
2011-08-16

RHSA-2011:1166 - Security Advisory

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Synopsis

Critical: thunderbird security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Critical

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

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.

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-2011-2982)

A dangling pointer flaw was found in the Thunderbird Scalable Vector
Graphics (SVG) text manipulation routine. An HTML mail message containing a
malicious SVG image could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially,
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird.
(CVE-2011-0084)

A dangling pointer flaw was found in the way Thunderbird handled a certain
Document Object Model (DOM) element. 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-2011-2378)

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
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.1 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.1 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.1 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.1 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

  • BZ - 730518 - CVE-2011-2982 Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards
  • BZ - 730519 - CVE-2011-0084 Mozilla: Crash in SVGTextElement.getCharNumAtPosition()
  • BZ - 730521 - CVE-2011-2378 Mozilla: Dangling pointer vulnerability in appendChild

CVEs

  • CVE-2011-2982
  • CVE-2011-0084
  • CVE-2011-2378

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.src.rpm SHA-256: ca77a59c93c25a198b5f2277ee5b5d1da9cd5f1744330bcfe15efd16b07f4b78
x86_64
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4a16ee7d6b87dd734fcd017c1048f014351a1ee1e9a3e834d454296e2cbe0a63
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4a16ee7d6b87dd734fcd017c1048f014351a1ee1e9a3e834d454296e2cbe0a63
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.12-1.el6_1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 57e97870ce5f4019a5c43a6ed1d80213b4fb5b3bd035176f9d0d3b07cd804829
i386
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.i686.rpm SHA-256: c86e10d5dc92dbe098c5eef55fd2d904fdea095be8ebb5d9f39a7fb964171432
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.12-1.el6_1.i686.rpm SHA-256: fc8fa5b67a17b8e5db366138772a51e58928562da3a8e44124420d1aec053039

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.1

SRPM
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.src.rpm SHA-256: ca77a59c93c25a198b5f2277ee5b5d1da9cd5f1744330bcfe15efd16b07f4b78
x86_64
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4a16ee7d6b87dd734fcd017c1048f014351a1ee1e9a3e834d454296e2cbe0a63
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.12-1.el6_1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 57e97870ce5f4019a5c43a6ed1d80213b4fb5b3bd035176f9d0d3b07cd804829
i386
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.i686.rpm SHA-256: c86e10d5dc92dbe098c5eef55fd2d904fdea095be8ebb5d9f39a7fb964171432
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.12-1.el6_1.i686.rpm SHA-256: fc8fa5b67a17b8e5db366138772a51e58928562da3a8e44124420d1aec053039

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.src.rpm SHA-256: ca77a59c93c25a198b5f2277ee5b5d1da9cd5f1744330bcfe15efd16b07f4b78
x86_64
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4a16ee7d6b87dd734fcd017c1048f014351a1ee1e9a3e834d454296e2cbe0a63
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.12-1.el6_1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 57e97870ce5f4019a5c43a6ed1d80213b4fb5b3bd035176f9d0d3b07cd804829
i386
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.i686.rpm SHA-256: c86e10d5dc92dbe098c5eef55fd2d904fdea095be8ebb5d9f39a7fb964171432
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.12-1.el6_1.i686.rpm SHA-256: fc8fa5b67a17b8e5db366138772a51e58928562da3a8e44124420d1aec053039

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.src.rpm SHA-256: ca77a59c93c25a198b5f2277ee5b5d1da9cd5f1744330bcfe15efd16b07f4b78
x86_64
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4a16ee7d6b87dd734fcd017c1048f014351a1ee1e9a3e834d454296e2cbe0a63
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.12-1.el6_1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 57e97870ce5f4019a5c43a6ed1d80213b4fb5b3bd035176f9d0d3b07cd804829
i386
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.i686.rpm SHA-256: c86e10d5dc92dbe098c5eef55fd2d904fdea095be8ebb5d9f39a7fb964171432
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.12-1.el6_1.i686.rpm SHA-256: fc8fa5b67a17b8e5db366138772a51e58928562da3a8e44124420d1aec053039

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.src.rpm SHA-256: ca77a59c93c25a198b5f2277ee5b5d1da9cd5f1744330bcfe15efd16b07f4b78
x86_64
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4a16ee7d6b87dd734fcd017c1048f014351a1ee1e9a3e834d454296e2cbe0a63
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.12-1.el6_1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 57e97870ce5f4019a5c43a6ed1d80213b4fb5b3bd035176f9d0d3b07cd804829
i386
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.i686.rpm SHA-256: c86e10d5dc92dbe098c5eef55fd2d904fdea095be8ebb5d9f39a7fb964171432
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.12-1.el6_1.i686.rpm SHA-256: fc8fa5b67a17b8e5db366138772a51e58928562da3a8e44124420d1aec053039

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.src.rpm SHA-256: ca77a59c93c25a198b5f2277ee5b5d1da9cd5f1744330bcfe15efd16b07f4b78
s390x
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 3e0f8fdf29f81c4b59ce5921ce53dc296815c9db41585886212a377cc8fe4edf
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.12-1.el6_1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 9697a0f4f213329d95ddce01d7b3c47ca75a81f5e5e38919bae7b4afb4217e90

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.1

SRPM
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.src.rpm SHA-256: ca77a59c93c25a198b5f2277ee5b5d1da9cd5f1744330bcfe15efd16b07f4b78
s390x
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 3e0f8fdf29f81c4b59ce5921ce53dc296815c9db41585886212a377cc8fe4edf
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.12-1.el6_1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 9697a0f4f213329d95ddce01d7b3c47ca75a81f5e5e38919bae7b4afb4217e90

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.src.rpm SHA-256: ca77a59c93c25a198b5f2277ee5b5d1da9cd5f1744330bcfe15efd16b07f4b78
ppc64
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 489c9cd848f75acac8b93cf2fd0923c23b191c7a800dde15b4060067597979ae
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.12-1.el6_1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 34034d1ef353e495a190d754bce71d4a3c53f8a232ac839bb91d32e03d8f89ae

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.1

SRPM
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.src.rpm SHA-256: ca77a59c93c25a198b5f2277ee5b5d1da9cd5f1744330bcfe15efd16b07f4b78
ppc64
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 489c9cd848f75acac8b93cf2fd0923c23b191c7a800dde15b4060067597979ae
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.12-1.el6_1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 34034d1ef353e495a190d754bce71d4a3c53f8a232ac839bb91d32e03d8f89ae

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.src.rpm SHA-256: ca77a59c93c25a198b5f2277ee5b5d1da9cd5f1744330bcfe15efd16b07f4b78
x86_64
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4a16ee7d6b87dd734fcd017c1048f014351a1ee1e9a3e834d454296e2cbe0a63
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.12-1.el6_1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 57e97870ce5f4019a5c43a6ed1d80213b4fb5b3bd035176f9d0d3b07cd804829
i386
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.i686.rpm SHA-256: c86e10d5dc92dbe098c5eef55fd2d904fdea095be8ebb5d9f39a7fb964171432
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.12-1.el6_1.i686.rpm SHA-256: fc8fa5b67a17b8e5db366138772a51e58928562da3a8e44124420d1aec053039

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.src.rpm SHA-256: ca77a59c93c25a198b5f2277ee5b5d1da9cd5f1744330bcfe15efd16b07f4b78
s390x
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 3e0f8fdf29f81c4b59ce5921ce53dc296815c9db41585886212a377cc8fe4edf
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.12-1.el6_1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 9697a0f4f213329d95ddce01d7b3c47ca75a81f5e5e38919bae7b4afb4217e90

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6

SRPM
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.src.rpm SHA-256: ca77a59c93c25a198b5f2277ee5b5d1da9cd5f1744330bcfe15efd16b07f4b78
x86_64
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4a16ee7d6b87dd734fcd017c1048f014351a1ee1e9a3e834d454296e2cbe0a63
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.12-1.el6_1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 57e97870ce5f4019a5c43a6ed1d80213b4fb5b3bd035176f9d0d3b07cd804829
i386
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.i686.rpm SHA-256: c86e10d5dc92dbe098c5eef55fd2d904fdea095be8ebb5d9f39a7fb964171432
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.12-1.el6_1.i686.rpm SHA-256: fc8fa5b67a17b8e5db366138772a51e58928562da3a8e44124420d1aec053039

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.src.rpm SHA-256: ca77a59c93c25a198b5f2277ee5b5d1da9cd5f1744330bcfe15efd16b07f4b78
s390x
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 3e0f8fdf29f81c4b59ce5921ce53dc296815c9db41585886212a377cc8fe4edf
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.12-1.el6_1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 9697a0f4f213329d95ddce01d7b3c47ca75a81f5e5e38919bae7b4afb4217e90

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