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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2012:0080 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2012-01-31
Updated:
2012-01-31

RHSA-2012:0080 - 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 multiple 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.

A use-after-free flaw was found in the way Thunderbird removed
nsDOMAttribute child nodes. In certain circumstances, due to the premature
notification of AttributeChildRemoved, a malicious script could possibly
use this flaw to cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird.
(CVE-2011-3659)

Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed 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-2012-0442)

A flaw was found in the way Thunderbird parsed certain Scalable Vector
Graphics (SVG) image files that contained eXtensible Style Sheet Language
Transformations (XSLT). An HTML mail message containing a malicious SVG
image file could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird.
(CVE-2012-0449)

The same-origin policy in Thunderbird treated http://example.com and
http://[example.com] as interchangeable. A malicious script could possibly
use this flaw to gain access to sensitive information (such as a client's
IP and user e-mail address, or httpOnly cookies) that may be included in
HTTP proxy error replies, generated in response to invalid URLs using
square brackets. (CVE-2011-3670)

Note: The CVE-2011-3659 and CVE-2011-3670 issues 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.

For technical details regarding these flaws, refer to the Mozilla security
advisories for Thunderbird 3.1.18. You can find a link to the Mozilla
advisories in the References section of this erratum.

All Thunderbird users should upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain Thunderbird version 3.1.18, which corrects these issues. After
installing the update, Thunderbird must be restarted for the changes 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 6.2 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.2 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.2 x86_64
  • 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 6.2 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.2 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 - 785085 - CVE-2012-0442 Mozilla: memory safety hazards in 10.0/1.9.2.26 (MFSA 2012-01)
  • BZ - 785464 - CVE-2011-3670 Mozilla: Same-origin bypass using IPv6-like hostname syntax (MFSA 2012-02)
  • BZ - 785966 - CVE-2012-0449 Mozilla: Crash when rendering SVG+XSLT (MFSA 2012-08)
  • BZ - 786258 - CVE-2011-3659 Mozilla: child nodes from nsDOMAttribute still accessible after removal of nodes (MFSA 2012-04)

CVEs

  • CVE-2012-0442
  • CVE-2011-3670
  • CVE-2012-0449
  • CVE-2011-3659

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
  • http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/thunderbird31.html#thunderbird3.1.18
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-3.1.18-1.el6_2.src.rpm SHA-256: 196ec8641b488a45391a0c08268091b818b3af392fbc7fe2551cafb8972a20da
x86_64
thunderbird-3.1.18-1.el6_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: eb204aef87be9e3018e2370f70ac57a67dabb9fc9db8d78e81ef3ac38d73ba9b
thunderbird-3.1.18-1.el6_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: eb204aef87be9e3018e2370f70ac57a67dabb9fc9db8d78e81ef3ac38d73ba9b
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.18-1.el6_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 35c82f41bd0aa9a5649f998137e303752065c6710c35987e59170edc716bd04e
i386
thunderbird-3.1.18-1.el6_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 132a5f069ba8fad9fa773caa258237b8c520dc9bfb0bbbceccd15d83665b7ecb
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.18-1.el6_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7504bf7dabdddf336132c804a33b10613297861a2c84db5669b75a64b3f01296

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.2

SRPM
thunderbird-3.1.18-1.el6_2.src.rpm SHA-256: 196ec8641b488a45391a0c08268091b818b3af392fbc7fe2551cafb8972a20da
x86_64
thunderbird-3.1.18-1.el6_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: eb204aef87be9e3018e2370f70ac57a67dabb9fc9db8d78e81ef3ac38d73ba9b
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.18-1.el6_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 35c82f41bd0aa9a5649f998137e303752065c6710c35987e59170edc716bd04e
i386
thunderbird-3.1.18-1.el6_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 132a5f069ba8fad9fa773caa258237b8c520dc9bfb0bbbceccd15d83665b7ecb
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.18-1.el6_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7504bf7dabdddf336132c804a33b10613297861a2c84db5669b75a64b3f01296

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
thunderbird-3.1.18-1.el6_2.src.rpm SHA-256: 196ec8641b488a45391a0c08268091b818b3af392fbc7fe2551cafb8972a20da
x86_64
thunderbird-3.1.18-1.el6_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: eb204aef87be9e3018e2370f70ac57a67dabb9fc9db8d78e81ef3ac38d73ba9b
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.18-1.el6_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 35c82f41bd0aa9a5649f998137e303752065c6710c35987e59170edc716bd04e
i386
thunderbird-3.1.18-1.el6_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 132a5f069ba8fad9fa773caa258237b8c520dc9bfb0bbbceccd15d83665b7ecb
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.18-1.el6_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7504bf7dabdddf336132c804a33b10613297861a2c84db5669b75a64b3f01296

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
thunderbird-3.1.18-1.el6_2.src.rpm SHA-256: 196ec8641b488a45391a0c08268091b818b3af392fbc7fe2551cafb8972a20da
i386
thunderbird-3.1.18-1.el6_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 132a5f069ba8fad9fa773caa258237b8c520dc9bfb0bbbceccd15d83665b7ecb
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.18-1.el6_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7504bf7dabdddf336132c804a33b10613297861a2c84db5669b75a64b3f01296
x86_64
thunderbird-3.1.18-1.el6_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: eb204aef87be9e3018e2370f70ac57a67dabb9fc9db8d78e81ef3ac38d73ba9b
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.18-1.el6_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 35c82f41bd0aa9a5649f998137e303752065c6710c35987e59170edc716bd04e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
thunderbird-3.1.18-1.el6_2.src.rpm SHA-256: 196ec8641b488a45391a0c08268091b818b3af392fbc7fe2551cafb8972a20da
ppc64
thunderbird-3.1.18-1.el6_2.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: f54ce9b4ac5b581b3786d0220152553a66860865b98e531c49419020dfc93930
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.18-1.el6_2.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 182b5a514a032b00e286ce3da109333cecd04b2e5ea657ceaf5d99c7651c8ff6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
thunderbird-3.1.18-1.el6_2.src.rpm SHA-256: 196ec8641b488a45391a0c08268091b818b3af392fbc7fe2551cafb8972a20da
x86_64
thunderbird-3.1.18-1.el6_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: eb204aef87be9e3018e2370f70ac57a67dabb9fc9db8d78e81ef3ac38d73ba9b
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.18-1.el6_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 35c82f41bd0aa9a5649f998137e303752065c6710c35987e59170edc716bd04e
i386
thunderbird-3.1.18-1.el6_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 132a5f069ba8fad9fa773caa258237b8c520dc9bfb0bbbceccd15d83665b7ecb
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.18-1.el6_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7504bf7dabdddf336132c804a33b10613297861a2c84db5669b75a64b3f01296

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.2

SRPM
thunderbird-3.1.18-1.el6_2.src.rpm SHA-256: 196ec8641b488a45391a0c08268091b818b3af392fbc7fe2551cafb8972a20da
x86_64
thunderbird-3.1.18-1.el6_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: eb204aef87be9e3018e2370f70ac57a67dabb9fc9db8d78e81ef3ac38d73ba9b
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.18-1.el6_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 35c82f41bd0aa9a5649f998137e303752065c6710c35987e59170edc716bd04e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
thunderbird-3.1.18-1.el6_2.src.rpm SHA-256: 196ec8641b488a45391a0c08268091b818b3af392fbc7fe2551cafb8972a20da
x86_64
thunderbird-3.1.18-1.el6_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: eb204aef87be9e3018e2370f70ac57a67dabb9fc9db8d78e81ef3ac38d73ba9b
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.18-1.el6_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 35c82f41bd0aa9a5649f998137e303752065c6710c35987e59170edc716bd04e
i386
thunderbird-3.1.18-1.el6_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 132a5f069ba8fad9fa773caa258237b8c520dc9bfb0bbbceccd15d83665b7ecb
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.18-1.el6_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7504bf7dabdddf336132c804a33b10613297861a2c84db5669b75a64b3f01296

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
thunderbird-3.1.18-1.el6_2.src.rpm SHA-256: 196ec8641b488a45391a0c08268091b818b3af392fbc7fe2551cafb8972a20da
s390x
thunderbird-3.1.18-1.el6_2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 100c3872ccbfd3210761d87e1439bf44a0531f4527d1be644f0433c0ca37b52e
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.18-1.el6_2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 4c5c4e1c625f27ab6710e9c1bed2fe06b6b96fe07f5325b17f3356b1c260d4b7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.2

SRPM
thunderbird-3.1.18-1.el6_2.src.rpm SHA-256: 196ec8641b488a45391a0c08268091b818b3af392fbc7fe2551cafb8972a20da
s390x
thunderbird-3.1.18-1.el6_2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 100c3872ccbfd3210761d87e1439bf44a0531f4527d1be644f0433c0ca37b52e
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.18-1.el6_2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 4c5c4e1c625f27ab6710e9c1bed2fe06b6b96fe07f5325b17f3356b1c260d4b7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.2

SRPM
thunderbird-3.1.18-1.el6_2.src.rpm SHA-256: 196ec8641b488a45391a0c08268091b818b3af392fbc7fe2551cafb8972a20da
ppc64
thunderbird-3.1.18-1.el6_2.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: f54ce9b4ac5b581b3786d0220152553a66860865b98e531c49419020dfc93930
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.18-1.el6_2.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 182b5a514a032b00e286ce3da109333cecd04b2e5ea657ceaf5d99c7651c8ff6

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

SRPM
thunderbird-3.1.18-1.el6_2.src.rpm SHA-256: 196ec8641b488a45391a0c08268091b818b3af392fbc7fe2551cafb8972a20da
s390x
thunderbird-3.1.18-1.el6_2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 100c3872ccbfd3210761d87e1439bf44a0531f4527d1be644f0433c0ca37b52e
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.18-1.el6_2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 4c5c4e1c625f27ab6710e9c1bed2fe06b6b96fe07f5325b17f3356b1c260d4b7

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

SRPM
thunderbird-3.1.18-1.el6_2.src.rpm SHA-256: 196ec8641b488a45391a0c08268091b818b3af392fbc7fe2551cafb8972a20da
x86_64
thunderbird-3.1.18-1.el6_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: eb204aef87be9e3018e2370f70ac57a67dabb9fc9db8d78e81ef3ac38d73ba9b
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.18-1.el6_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 35c82f41bd0aa9a5649f998137e303752065c6710c35987e59170edc716bd04e
i386
thunderbird-3.1.18-1.el6_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 132a5f069ba8fad9fa773caa258237b8c520dc9bfb0bbbceccd15d83665b7ecb
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.18-1.el6_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7504bf7dabdddf336132c804a33b10613297861a2c84db5669b75a64b3f01296

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

SRPM
thunderbird-3.1.18-1.el6_2.src.rpm SHA-256: 196ec8641b488a45391a0c08268091b818b3af392fbc7fe2551cafb8972a20da
s390x
thunderbird-3.1.18-1.el6_2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 100c3872ccbfd3210761d87e1439bf44a0531f4527d1be644f0433c0ca37b52e
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.18-1.el6_2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 4c5c4e1c625f27ab6710e9c1bed2fe06b6b96fe07f5325b17f3356b1c260d4b7

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