Issued:
2011-11-08
Updated:
2011-11-08

RHSA-2011:1438 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Moderate: thunderbird security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

Topic

An updated thunderbird package that fixes one security issue is now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate
security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in
the References section.

Description

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in the way Thunderbird handled
certain multibyte character sets. Malicious, remote content could cause
Thunderbird to run JavaScript code with the permissions of different remote
content. (CVE-2011-3648)

Note: This issue cannot be exploited by a specially-crafted HTML mail
message as JavaScript is disabled by default for mail messages. It could be
exploited another way in Thunderbird, for example, when viewing the full
remote content of an RSS feed.

All Thunderbird users should upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves this issue. 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 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 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 Power, big endian 4 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

  • BZ - 751932 - CVE-2011-3648 Mozilla: Universal XSS likely with MultiByte charset (MFSA 2011-47)

CVEs

References

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
thunderbird-2.0.0.24-27.el5_7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4cde3e6eaca039f428da7e72e06da8494e3a5e0bde6e784706ff363b44d53442
x86_64
thunderbird-2.0.0.24-27.el5_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: eb1d51e96e6e7ffc7fa90dd71b8da54de25c06d8a0c34a670e88223ba0c44f3f
i386
thunderbird-2.0.0.24-27.el5_7.i386.rpm SHA-256: ffabb48f21af3c34f49c500235d258655de0aa7841bd32a9ffe06724f42a3398

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-45.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: b757bce424d464c8b098395b766f4d74b1c00eb8570f64eb6b9258ddceb4e474
x86_64
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-45.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c9c871fb0274f4f62e0593796c0240d4c87f6fc8e0b9bbca59732c782accc92a
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-45.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c9c871fb0274f4f62e0593796c0240d4c87f6fc8e0b9bbca59732c782accc92a
ia64
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-45.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: c7d7f36ba082f43e48d0796382c5a37f301c323ce46d194acfdb36ea60576e77
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-45.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: c7d7f36ba082f43e48d0796382c5a37f301c323ce46d194acfdb36ea60576e77
i386
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-45.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 0947f58b24da9828f649f58463d0ff7d08c2b8057e4b014cd9caf8a3275512ee
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-45.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 0947f58b24da9828f649f58463d0ff7d08c2b8057e4b014cd9caf8a3275512ee

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
thunderbird-2.0.0.24-27.el5_7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4cde3e6eaca039f428da7e72e06da8494e3a5e0bde6e784706ff363b44d53442
x86_64
thunderbird-2.0.0.24-27.el5_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: eb1d51e96e6e7ffc7fa90dd71b8da54de25c06d8a0c34a670e88223ba0c44f3f
i386
thunderbird-2.0.0.24-27.el5_7.i386.rpm SHA-256: ffabb48f21af3c34f49c500235d258655de0aa7841bd32a9ffe06724f42a3398

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-45.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: b757bce424d464c8b098395b766f4d74b1c00eb8570f64eb6b9258ddceb4e474
x86_64
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-45.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c9c871fb0274f4f62e0593796c0240d4c87f6fc8e0b9bbca59732c782accc92a
ia64
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-45.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: c7d7f36ba082f43e48d0796382c5a37f301c323ce46d194acfdb36ea60576e77
i386
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-45.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 0947f58b24da9828f649f58463d0ff7d08c2b8057e4b014cd9caf8a3275512ee

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
thunderbird-2.0.0.24-27.el5_7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4cde3e6eaca039f428da7e72e06da8494e3a5e0bde6e784706ff363b44d53442
x86_64
thunderbird-2.0.0.24-27.el5_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: eb1d51e96e6e7ffc7fa90dd71b8da54de25c06d8a0c34a670e88223ba0c44f3f
i386
thunderbird-2.0.0.24-27.el5_7.i386.rpm SHA-256: ffabb48f21af3c34f49c500235d258655de0aa7841bd32a9ffe06724f42a3398

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-45.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: b757bce424d464c8b098395b766f4d74b1c00eb8570f64eb6b9258ddceb4e474
x86_64
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-45.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c9c871fb0274f4f62e0593796c0240d4c87f6fc8e0b9bbca59732c782accc92a
i386
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-45.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 0947f58b24da9828f649f58463d0ff7d08c2b8057e4b014cd9caf8a3275512ee

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-45.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: b757bce424d464c8b098395b766f4d74b1c00eb8570f64eb6b9258ddceb4e474
s390x
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-45.el4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: c176498c57c8423867acaf17a9fa30829be456ba88d1a728c6c00e3ad1f85093
s390
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-45.el4.s390.rpm SHA-256: 0c5aac12ce7e185d8e041a362bc2e57212ced24e6faac24aecf83aee6a7c19b6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4

SRPM
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-45.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: b757bce424d464c8b098395b766f4d74b1c00eb8570f64eb6b9258ddceb4e474
ppc
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-45.el4.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 97289755982b496a35c951e8a0c455f7d3b98cc695f7fbb25ec4d0ef208f37eb

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
thunderbird-2.0.0.24-27.el5_7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4cde3e6eaca039f428da7e72e06da8494e3a5e0bde6e784706ff363b44d53442
x86_64
thunderbird-2.0.0.24-27.el5_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: eb1d51e96e6e7ffc7fa90dd71b8da54de25c06d8a0c34a670e88223ba0c44f3f
i386
thunderbird-2.0.0.24-27.el5_7.i386.rpm SHA-256: ffabb48f21af3c34f49c500235d258655de0aa7841bd32a9ffe06724f42a3398

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