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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:1924 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2014-12-02
Updated:
2014-12-02

RHSA-2014:1924 - Security Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

Important: thunderbird security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

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 5, 6, and 7.

Red Hat Product Security 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 web content. A web
page containing malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or,
potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running
Thunderbird. (CVE-2014-1587, CVE-2014-1590, CVE-2014-1592, CVE-2014-1593)

A flaw was found in the Alarm API, which could allow applications to
schedule actions to be run in the future. A malicious web application could
use this flaw to bypass the same-origin policy. (CVE-2014-1594)

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.

This update disables SSL 3.0 support by default in Thunderbird. Details on
how to re-enable SSL 3.0 support are available at:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/1284233

Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting these issues.
Upstream acknowledges Gary Kwong, Randell Jesup, Nils Ohlmeier, Jesse
Ruderman, Max Jonas Werner, Joe Vennix, Berend-Jan Wever, Abhishek Arya,
and Boris Zbarsky as the original reporters of these issues.

For technical details regarding these flaws, refer to the Mozilla security
advisories for Thunderbird 31.3.0. You can find a link to the Mozilla
advisories in the References section of this erratum.

All Thunderbird users should upgrade to this updated package, which
contains Thunderbird version 31.3.0, 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/articles/11258

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 6.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.6 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 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 6.6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.6 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 6.6 x86_64
  • 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 - 1169201 - CVE-2014-1587 Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:31.3) (MFSA 2014-83)
  • BZ - 1169206 - CVE-2014-1590 Mozilla: XMLHttpRequest crashes with some input streams (MFSA 2014-85)
  • BZ - 1169208 - CVE-2014-1592 Mozilla: Use-after-free during HTML5 parsing (MFSA 2014-87)
  • BZ - 1169209 - CVE-2014-1593 Mozilla: Buffer overflow while parsing media content (MFSA 2014-88)
  • BZ - 1169210 - CVE-2014-1594 Mozilla: Bad casting from the BasicThebesLayer to BasicContainerLayer (MFSA 2014-89)

CVEs

  • CVE-2014-1590
  • CVE-2014-1593
  • CVE-2014-1592
  • CVE-2014-1587
  • CVE-2014-1594

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
  • https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/thunderbird.html#thunderbird31.3
  • https://access.redhat.com/articles/1284233
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-31.3.0-1.el6_6.src.rpm SHA-256: 00cab4bfc9ef420386411846c9de7b7b583d9aa85611259c6e54536b5787673a
x86_64
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 170aacad1496b7a56fe015fea68ac9918036e9d492b9ec7b4015d2f4be4fd114
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 170aacad1496b7a56fe015fea68ac9918036e9d492b9ec7b4015d2f4be4fd114
thunderbird-debuginfo-31.3.0-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5c286369304d58dd9549addfec117fe0a99d2b3dd860ea8b6d5e3aa794b65c3a
i386
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el6_6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 3fb60643907e0105ba8e7b8a5853c94b1c6440a7ca60a852e7425fa55437944b
thunderbird-debuginfo-31.3.0-1.el6_6.i686.rpm SHA-256: bf0ca5ab24c3e928bbde8a2e34bc681cd26fe8105d2725ed0d1b9d1f89c0ad8d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.6

SRPM
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el6_6.src.rpm SHA-256: 00cab4bfc9ef420386411846c9de7b7b583d9aa85611259c6e54536b5787673a
x86_64
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 170aacad1496b7a56fe015fea68ac9918036e9d492b9ec7b4015d2f4be4fd114
thunderbird-debuginfo-31.3.0-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5c286369304d58dd9549addfec117fe0a99d2b3dd860ea8b6d5e3aa794b65c3a
i386
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el6_6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 3fb60643907e0105ba8e7b8a5853c94b1c6440a7ca60a852e7425fa55437944b
thunderbird-debuginfo-31.3.0-1.el6_6.i686.rpm SHA-256: bf0ca5ab24c3e928bbde8a2e34bc681cd26fe8105d2725ed0d1b9d1f89c0ad8d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.6

SRPM
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el6_6.src.rpm SHA-256: 00cab4bfc9ef420386411846c9de7b7b583d9aa85611259c6e54536b5787673a
x86_64
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 170aacad1496b7a56fe015fea68ac9918036e9d492b9ec7b4015d2f4be4fd114
thunderbird-debuginfo-31.3.0-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5c286369304d58dd9549addfec117fe0a99d2b3dd860ea8b6d5e3aa794b65c3a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el6_6.src.rpm SHA-256: 00cab4bfc9ef420386411846c9de7b7b583d9aa85611259c6e54536b5787673a
x86_64
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 170aacad1496b7a56fe015fea68ac9918036e9d492b9ec7b4015d2f4be4fd114
thunderbird-debuginfo-31.3.0-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5c286369304d58dd9549addfec117fe0a99d2b3dd860ea8b6d5e3aa794b65c3a
i386
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el6_6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 3fb60643907e0105ba8e7b8a5853c94b1c6440a7ca60a852e7425fa55437944b
thunderbird-debuginfo-31.3.0-1.el6_6.i686.rpm SHA-256: bf0ca5ab24c3e928bbde8a2e34bc681cd26fe8105d2725ed0d1b9d1f89c0ad8d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el6_6.src.rpm SHA-256: 00cab4bfc9ef420386411846c9de7b7b583d9aa85611259c6e54536b5787673a
x86_64
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 170aacad1496b7a56fe015fea68ac9918036e9d492b9ec7b4015d2f4be4fd114
thunderbird-debuginfo-31.3.0-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5c286369304d58dd9549addfec117fe0a99d2b3dd860ea8b6d5e3aa794b65c3a
i386
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el6_6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 3fb60643907e0105ba8e7b8a5853c94b1c6440a7ca60a852e7425fa55437944b
thunderbird-debuginfo-31.3.0-1.el6_6.i686.rpm SHA-256: bf0ca5ab24c3e928bbde8a2e34bc681cd26fe8105d2725ed0d1b9d1f89c0ad8d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el5_11.src.rpm SHA-256: 9128f7ca329edcaaa27376f39e18485846ddee53d66155de1d2a7ca7749afc1e
x86_64
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: dc5bc734b1adbcd054965ca482ae6d2cabe6cf7f619fb0b0caad42858553744a
thunderbird-debuginfo-31.3.0-1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ebd59d5899ae1de055844ab47970619f6e363d484957cee2e4fc214db7a3f9ae
i386
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el5_11.i386.rpm SHA-256: 81dec970be81112e00e1bfc1108c7096aedb013b43a242e1abad6337386b5740
thunderbird-debuginfo-31.3.0-1.el5_11.i386.rpm SHA-256: 57d6dc1ff485cc6b0631ba3c00c0bd4eafdd0d54d6e5b9ad9655c959aa4f0db7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el6_6.src.rpm SHA-256: 00cab4bfc9ef420386411846c9de7b7b583d9aa85611259c6e54536b5787673a
x86_64
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 170aacad1496b7a56fe015fea68ac9918036e9d492b9ec7b4015d2f4be4fd114
thunderbird-debuginfo-31.3.0-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5c286369304d58dd9549addfec117fe0a99d2b3dd860ea8b6d5e3aa794b65c3a
i386
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el6_6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 3fb60643907e0105ba8e7b8a5853c94b1c6440a7ca60a852e7425fa55437944b
thunderbird-debuginfo-31.3.0-1.el6_6.i686.rpm SHA-256: bf0ca5ab24c3e928bbde8a2e34bc681cd26fe8105d2725ed0d1b9d1f89c0ad8d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el5_11.src.rpm SHA-256: 9128f7ca329edcaaa27376f39e18485846ddee53d66155de1d2a7ca7749afc1e
x86_64
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: dc5bc734b1adbcd054965ca482ae6d2cabe6cf7f619fb0b0caad42858553744a
thunderbird-debuginfo-31.3.0-1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ebd59d5899ae1de055844ab47970619f6e363d484957cee2e4fc214db7a3f9ae
i386
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el5_11.i386.rpm SHA-256: 81dec970be81112e00e1bfc1108c7096aedb013b43a242e1abad6337386b5740
thunderbird-debuginfo-31.3.0-1.el5_11.i386.rpm SHA-256: 57d6dc1ff485cc6b0631ba3c00c0bd4eafdd0d54d6e5b9ad9655c959aa4f0db7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el6_6.src.rpm SHA-256: 00cab4bfc9ef420386411846c9de7b7b583d9aa85611259c6e54536b5787673a
s390x
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el6_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: e004fe7ae8c6423456e2b328fd773bf76643c18291e676707e5c76e0e2d61200
thunderbird-debuginfo-31.3.0-1.el6_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 289e2049e6a3db680b5432841a69de1bafe5348e35ca94cd76ebefb467dbd281

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.6

SRPM
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el6_6.src.rpm SHA-256: 00cab4bfc9ef420386411846c9de7b7b583d9aa85611259c6e54536b5787673a
s390x
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el6_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: e004fe7ae8c6423456e2b328fd773bf76643c18291e676707e5c76e0e2d61200
thunderbird-debuginfo-31.3.0-1.el6_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 289e2049e6a3db680b5432841a69de1bafe5348e35ca94cd76ebefb467dbd281

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el6_6.src.rpm SHA-256: 00cab4bfc9ef420386411846c9de7b7b583d9aa85611259c6e54536b5787673a
ppc64
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el6_6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 7721ab30f6cb72583a74250ffd6761a319784fadfcb3304da8621b0502a4236d
thunderbird-debuginfo-31.3.0-1.el6_6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 42e6007917152f30f706197bf5ad1e52974e3ddc9c66afd378f45cbac5951c26

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.6

SRPM
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el6_6.src.rpm SHA-256: 00cab4bfc9ef420386411846c9de7b7b583d9aa85611259c6e54536b5787673a
ppc64
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el6_6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 7721ab30f6cb72583a74250ffd6761a319784fadfcb3304da8621b0502a4236d
thunderbird-debuginfo-31.3.0-1.el6_6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 42e6007917152f30f706197bf5ad1e52974e3ddc9c66afd378f45cbac5951c26

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el6_6.src.rpm SHA-256: 00cab4bfc9ef420386411846c9de7b7b583d9aa85611259c6e54536b5787673a
x86_64
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 170aacad1496b7a56fe015fea68ac9918036e9d492b9ec7b4015d2f4be4fd114
thunderbird-debuginfo-31.3.0-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5c286369304d58dd9549addfec117fe0a99d2b3dd860ea8b6d5e3aa794b65c3a
i386
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el6_6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 3fb60643907e0105ba8e7b8a5853c94b1c6440a7ca60a852e7425fa55437944b
thunderbird-debuginfo-31.3.0-1.el6_6.i686.rpm SHA-256: bf0ca5ab24c3e928bbde8a2e34bc681cd26fe8105d2725ed0d1b9d1f89c0ad8d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 6.6

SRPM
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el6_6.src.rpm SHA-256: 00cab4bfc9ef420386411846c9de7b7b583d9aa85611259c6e54536b5787673a
x86_64
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 170aacad1496b7a56fe015fea68ac9918036e9d492b9ec7b4015d2f4be4fd114
thunderbird-debuginfo-31.3.0-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5c286369304d58dd9549addfec117fe0a99d2b3dd860ea8b6d5e3aa794b65c3a

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

SRPM
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el6_6.src.rpm SHA-256: 00cab4bfc9ef420386411846c9de7b7b583d9aa85611259c6e54536b5787673a
s390x
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el6_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: e004fe7ae8c6423456e2b328fd773bf76643c18291e676707e5c76e0e2d61200
thunderbird-debuginfo-31.3.0-1.el6_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 289e2049e6a3db680b5432841a69de1bafe5348e35ca94cd76ebefb467dbd281

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

SRPM
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el6_6.src.rpm SHA-256: 00cab4bfc9ef420386411846c9de7b7b583d9aa85611259c6e54536b5787673a
x86_64
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 170aacad1496b7a56fe015fea68ac9918036e9d492b9ec7b4015d2f4be4fd114
thunderbird-debuginfo-31.3.0-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5c286369304d58dd9549addfec117fe0a99d2b3dd860ea8b6d5e3aa794b65c3a
i386
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el6_6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 3fb60643907e0105ba8e7b8a5853c94b1c6440a7ca60a852e7425fa55437944b
thunderbird-debuginfo-31.3.0-1.el6_6.i686.rpm SHA-256: bf0ca5ab24c3e928bbde8a2e34bc681cd26fe8105d2725ed0d1b9d1f89c0ad8d

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

SRPM
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el6_6.src.rpm SHA-256: 00cab4bfc9ef420386411846c9de7b7b583d9aa85611259c6e54536b5787673a
s390x
thunderbird-31.3.0-1.el6_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: e004fe7ae8c6423456e2b328fd773bf76643c18291e676707e5c76e0e2d61200
thunderbird-debuginfo-31.3.0-1.el6_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 289e2049e6a3db680b5432841a69de1bafe5348e35ca94cd76ebefb467dbd281

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