Synopsis

Important: thunderbird security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Topic

An updated thunderbird package that fixes several security issues is now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having
important 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 content. Malicious
content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary
code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2013-1701)

A flaw was found in the way Thunderbird generated Certificate Request
Message Format (CRMF) requests. An attacker could use this flaw to perform
cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2013-1710)

A flaw was found in the way Thunderbird handled the interaction between
frames and browser history. An attacker could use this flaw to trick
Thunderbird into treating malicious content as if it came from the browser
history, allowing for XSS attacks. (CVE-2013-1709)

It was found that the same-origin policy could be bypassed due to the way
Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI) were checked in JavaScript. An attacker
could use this flaw to perform XSS attacks, or install malicious add-ons
from third-party pages. (CVE-2013-1713)

It was found that web workers could bypass the same-origin policy. An
attacker could use this flaw to perform XSS attacks. (CVE-2013-1714)

It was found that, in certain circumstances, Thunderbird incorrectly
handled Java applets. If a user launched an untrusted Java applet via
Thunderbird, the applet could use this flaw to obtain read-only access to
files on the user's local system. (CVE-2013-1717)

Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting these issues.
Upstream acknowledges Jeff Gilbert, Henrik Skupin, moz_bug_r_a4, Cody
Crews, Federico Lanusse, and Georgi Guninski as the original reporters of
these issues.

Note: All of the above issues cannot be exploited by a specially-crafted
HTML mail message as JavaScript is disabled by default for mail messages.
They 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
contains Thunderbird version 17.0.8 ESR, 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/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 6.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 6.4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 5.9 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 5.9 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.4 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 from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 5.9 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 5.9 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 993598 - CVE-2013-1701 Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:17.0.8) (MFSA 2013-63)
• BZ - 993600 - CVE-2013-1709 Mozilla: Document URI misrepresentation and masquerading (MFSA 2013-68)
• BZ - 993602 - CVE-2013-1710 Mozilla: CRMF requests allow for code execution and XSS attacks (MFSA 2013-69)
• BZ - 993603 - CVE-2013-1713 Mozilla: Wrong principal used for validating URI for some Javascript components (MFSA 2013-72)
• BZ - 993604 - CVE-2013-1714 Mozilla: Same-origin bypass with web workers and XMLHttpRequest (MFSA 2013-73)
• BZ - 993605 - CVE-2013-1717 Mozilla: Local Java applets may read contents of local file system (MFSA 2013-75)

CVEs

• CVE-2013-1709
• CVE-2013-1701
• CVE-2013-1713
• CVE-2013-1710
• CVE-2013-1717
• CVE-2013-1714

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el6_4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 961ac6c2944d70b748d7e0f667e3364622968dcef8c15b96b4ef3833abdb3d88
x86_64
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el6_4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 2618972e2ff39758d0bb1cb38bdd3a2dceedfe7a922f83e66dfc7efe166252a5
thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.8-5.el6_4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: c3a0ac06504bdcd8c0122b79396c5cb261ec2be60044f164086bfac7f90f30d8
i386
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el6_4.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 90f153cc496f745e16157102e9757cdfead043e38835b84f75a5bf7707a1e1d7
thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.8-5.el6_4.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 3ff71a4db7192de2b29438d0f8ca3f9372126f65075562d41c0b6240aebf7b40

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el5_9.src.rpm	SHA-256: afcb5b11a82dd6156487bf13c3eb7cc7beba63f72e582ee7d9349a7db5d15ec0
x86_64
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el5_9.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 8ea70b674843aa32c454613b19da21c3679fec3f680b4439f3f7071d5b4a501c
thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.8-5.el5_9.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0b00c67f266ac4c1e2c8ca0b2c6069fef4120441d52616348588e24d8c75cdc7
i386
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el5_9.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 4a6ec2bf7c2857ac065f3c021cbabb086c4198df98a94a19be9b2d60bd0691c6
thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.8-5.el5_9.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 985df9a42d7822b1debb49a1365ca07d147b08ac9aa10c9e9a0fd8c67af4740e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 6.4

SRPM
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el6_4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 961ac6c2944d70b748d7e0f667e3364622968dcef8c15b96b4ef3833abdb3d88
x86_64
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el6_4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 2618972e2ff39758d0bb1cb38bdd3a2dceedfe7a922f83e66dfc7efe166252a5
thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.8-5.el6_4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: c3a0ac06504bdcd8c0122b79396c5cb261ec2be60044f164086bfac7f90f30d8
i386
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el6_4.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 90f153cc496f745e16157102e9757cdfead043e38835b84f75a5bf7707a1e1d7
thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.8-5.el6_4.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 3ff71a4db7192de2b29438d0f8ca3f9372126f65075562d41c0b6240aebf7b40

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 5.9

SRPM
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el5_9.src.rpm	SHA-256: afcb5b11a82dd6156487bf13c3eb7cc7beba63f72e582ee7d9349a7db5d15ec0
x86_64
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el5_9.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 8ea70b674843aa32c454613b19da21c3679fec3f680b4439f3f7071d5b4a501c
thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.8-5.el5_9.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0b00c67f266ac4c1e2c8ca0b2c6069fef4120441d52616348588e24d8c75cdc7
i386
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el5_9.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 4a6ec2bf7c2857ac065f3c021cbabb086c4198df98a94a19be9b2d60bd0691c6
thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.8-5.el5_9.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 985df9a42d7822b1debb49a1365ca07d147b08ac9aa10c9e9a0fd8c67af4740e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.4

SRPM
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el6_4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 961ac6c2944d70b748d7e0f667e3364622968dcef8c15b96b4ef3833abdb3d88
x86_64
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el6_4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 2618972e2ff39758d0bb1cb38bdd3a2dceedfe7a922f83e66dfc7efe166252a5
thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.8-5.el6_4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: c3a0ac06504bdcd8c0122b79396c5cb261ec2be60044f164086bfac7f90f30d8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el6_4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 961ac6c2944d70b748d7e0f667e3364622968dcef8c15b96b4ef3833abdb3d88
x86_64
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el6_4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 2618972e2ff39758d0bb1cb38bdd3a2dceedfe7a922f83e66dfc7efe166252a5
thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.8-5.el6_4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: c3a0ac06504bdcd8c0122b79396c5cb261ec2be60044f164086bfac7f90f30d8
i386
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el6_4.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 90f153cc496f745e16157102e9757cdfead043e38835b84f75a5bf7707a1e1d7
thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.8-5.el6_4.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 3ff71a4db7192de2b29438d0f8ca3f9372126f65075562d41c0b6240aebf7b40

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el5_9.src.rpm	SHA-256: afcb5b11a82dd6156487bf13c3eb7cc7beba63f72e582ee7d9349a7db5d15ec0
x86_64
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el5_9.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 8ea70b674843aa32c454613b19da21c3679fec3f680b4439f3f7071d5b4a501c
thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.8-5.el5_9.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0b00c67f266ac4c1e2c8ca0b2c6069fef4120441d52616348588e24d8c75cdc7
i386
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el5_9.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 4a6ec2bf7c2857ac065f3c021cbabb086c4198df98a94a19be9b2d60bd0691c6
thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.8-5.el5_9.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 985df9a42d7822b1debb49a1365ca07d147b08ac9aa10c9e9a0fd8c67af4740e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el6_4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 961ac6c2944d70b748d7e0f667e3364622968dcef8c15b96b4ef3833abdb3d88
x86_64
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el6_4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 2618972e2ff39758d0bb1cb38bdd3a2dceedfe7a922f83e66dfc7efe166252a5
thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.8-5.el6_4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: c3a0ac06504bdcd8c0122b79396c5cb261ec2be60044f164086bfac7f90f30d8
i386
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el6_4.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 90f153cc496f745e16157102e9757cdfead043e38835b84f75a5bf7707a1e1d7
thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.8-5.el6_4.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 3ff71a4db7192de2b29438d0f8ca3f9372126f65075562d41c0b6240aebf7b40

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el5_9.src.rpm	SHA-256: afcb5b11a82dd6156487bf13c3eb7cc7beba63f72e582ee7d9349a7db5d15ec0
x86_64
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el5_9.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 8ea70b674843aa32c454613b19da21c3679fec3f680b4439f3f7071d5b4a501c
thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.8-5.el5_9.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0b00c67f266ac4c1e2c8ca0b2c6069fef4120441d52616348588e24d8c75cdc7
i386
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el5_9.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 4a6ec2bf7c2857ac065f3c021cbabb086c4198df98a94a19be9b2d60bd0691c6
thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.8-5.el5_9.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 985df9a42d7822b1debb49a1365ca07d147b08ac9aa10c9e9a0fd8c67af4740e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el6_4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 961ac6c2944d70b748d7e0f667e3364622968dcef8c15b96b4ef3833abdb3d88
s390x
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el6_4.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 6e8ce419c9b486fa078c1c80e842a81132d5e3c8ce83d96b0fef9d48ded364ac
thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.8-5.el6_4.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 55d9802accedf9331741a5b568603aa69e3a353430ec46e1af3397e0e1409a03

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.4

SRPM
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el6_4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 961ac6c2944d70b748d7e0f667e3364622968dcef8c15b96b4ef3833abdb3d88
s390x
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el6_4.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 6e8ce419c9b486fa078c1c80e842a81132d5e3c8ce83d96b0fef9d48ded364ac
thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.8-5.el6_4.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 55d9802accedf9331741a5b568603aa69e3a353430ec46e1af3397e0e1409a03

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el6_4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 961ac6c2944d70b748d7e0f667e3364622968dcef8c15b96b4ef3833abdb3d88
ppc64
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el6_4.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: bc204a3f90ffdd382d4c51a7c964981b02d4e8bdd08a20297ccc005781ac2218
thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.8-5.el6_4.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 7bb1573073019eff2776bb4524fe2d70c6c3a868ed1d4b6358723fc2c830e773

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.4

SRPM
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el6_4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 961ac6c2944d70b748d7e0f667e3364622968dcef8c15b96b4ef3833abdb3d88
ppc64
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el6_4.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: bc204a3f90ffdd382d4c51a7c964981b02d4e8bdd08a20297ccc005781ac2218
thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.8-5.el6_4.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 7bb1573073019eff2776bb4524fe2d70c6c3a868ed1d4b6358723fc2c830e773

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el6_4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 961ac6c2944d70b748d7e0f667e3364622968dcef8c15b96b4ef3833abdb3d88
x86_64
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el6_4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 2618972e2ff39758d0bb1cb38bdd3a2dceedfe7a922f83e66dfc7efe166252a5
thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.8-5.el6_4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: c3a0ac06504bdcd8c0122b79396c5cb261ec2be60044f164086bfac7f90f30d8
i386
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el6_4.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 90f153cc496f745e16157102e9757cdfead043e38835b84f75a5bf7707a1e1d7
thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.8-5.el6_4.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 3ff71a4db7192de2b29438d0f8ca3f9372126f65075562d41c0b6240aebf7b40

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el5_9.src.rpm	SHA-256: afcb5b11a82dd6156487bf13c3eb7cc7beba63f72e582ee7d9349a7db5d15ec0
x86_64
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el5_9.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 8ea70b674843aa32c454613b19da21c3679fec3f680b4439f3f7071d5b4a501c
thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.8-5.el5_9.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0b00c67f266ac4c1e2c8ca0b2c6069fef4120441d52616348588e24d8c75cdc7
i386
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el5_9.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 4a6ec2bf7c2857ac065f3c021cbabb086c4198df98a94a19be9b2d60bd0691c6
thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.8-5.el5_9.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 985df9a42d7822b1debb49a1365ca07d147b08ac9aa10c9e9a0fd8c67af4740e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 5.9

SRPM
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el5_9.src.rpm	SHA-256: afcb5b11a82dd6156487bf13c3eb7cc7beba63f72e582ee7d9349a7db5d15ec0
x86_64
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el5_9.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 8ea70b674843aa32c454613b19da21c3679fec3f680b4439f3f7071d5b4a501c
thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.8-5.el5_9.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0b00c67f266ac4c1e2c8ca0b2c6069fef4120441d52616348588e24d8c75cdc7
i386
thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el5_9.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 4a6ec2bf7c2857ac065f3c021cbabb086c4198df98a94a19be9b2d60bd0691c6
thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.8-5.el5_9.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 985df9a42d7822b1debb49a1365ca07d147b08ac9aa10c9e9a0fd8c67af4740e