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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:0120 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2020-01-16
Updated:
2020-01-16

RHSA-2020:0120 - Security Advisory

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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 update for thunderbird is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 68.4.1.

Security Fix(es):

  • Mozilla: IonMonkey type confusion with StoreElementHole and FallibleStoreElement (CVE-2019-17026)
  • Mozilla: Bypass of @namespace CSS sanitization during pasting (CVE-2019-17016)
  • Mozilla: Type Confusion in XPCVariant.cpp (CVE-2019-17017)
  • Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 72 and Firefox ESR 68.4 (CVE-2019-17024)
  • Mozilla: CSS sanitization does not escape HTML tags (CVE-2019-17022)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.7 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian 7 ppc64le

Fixes

  • BZ - 1788723 - CVE-2019-17016 Mozilla: Bypass of @namespace CSS sanitization during pasting
  • BZ - 1788724 - CVE-2019-17017 Mozilla: Type Confusion in XPCVariant.cpp
  • BZ - 1788726 - CVE-2019-17022 Mozilla: CSS sanitization does not escape HTML tags
  • BZ - 1788727 - CVE-2019-17024 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 72 and Firefox ESR 68.4
  • BZ - 1789214 - CVE-2019-17026 Mozilla: IonMonkey type confusion with StoreElementHole and FallibleStoreElement

CVEs

  • CVE-2019-17016
  • CVE-2019-17017
  • CVE-2019-17022
  • CVE-2019-17024
  • CVE-2019-17026

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
  • https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-04/
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7

SRPM
thunderbird-68.4.1-2.el7_7.src.rpm SHA-256: dc610e99a3742456a8a175796b59b983bf9e3af83922dd7bd0c2109ae85bd909
x86_64
thunderbird-68.4.1-2.el7_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 19add60e3b49ceb65bc0422489e60f2c1faed6e7847f3dccc1f9132a8dad308a
thunderbird-debuginfo-68.4.1-2.el7_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 92e577fe08536bcacaef9c3d3e654fa00911d149c08e89125fc875867b1803c8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.7

SRPM
thunderbird-68.4.1-2.el7_7.src.rpm SHA-256: dc610e99a3742456a8a175796b59b983bf9e3af83922dd7bd0c2109ae85bd909
x86_64
thunderbird-68.4.1-2.el7_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 19add60e3b49ceb65bc0422489e60f2c1faed6e7847f3dccc1f9132a8dad308a
thunderbird-debuginfo-68.4.1-2.el7_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 92e577fe08536bcacaef9c3d3e654fa00911d149c08e89125fc875867b1803c8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.7

SRPM
thunderbird-68.4.1-2.el7_7.src.rpm SHA-256: dc610e99a3742456a8a175796b59b983bf9e3af83922dd7bd0c2109ae85bd909
x86_64
thunderbird-68.4.1-2.el7_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 19add60e3b49ceb65bc0422489e60f2c1faed6e7847f3dccc1f9132a8dad308a
thunderbird-debuginfo-68.4.1-2.el7_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 92e577fe08536bcacaef9c3d3e654fa00911d149c08e89125fc875867b1803c8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7

SRPM
thunderbird-68.4.1-2.el7_7.src.rpm SHA-256: dc610e99a3742456a8a175796b59b983bf9e3af83922dd7bd0c2109ae85bd909
x86_64
thunderbird-68.4.1-2.el7_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 19add60e3b49ceb65bc0422489e60f2c1faed6e7847f3dccc1f9132a8dad308a
thunderbird-debuginfo-68.4.1-2.el7_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 92e577fe08536bcacaef9c3d3e654fa00911d149c08e89125fc875867b1803c8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7

SRPM
thunderbird-68.4.1-2.el7_7.src.rpm SHA-256: dc610e99a3742456a8a175796b59b983bf9e3af83922dd7bd0c2109ae85bd909
x86_64
thunderbird-68.4.1-2.el7_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 19add60e3b49ceb65bc0422489e60f2c1faed6e7847f3dccc1f9132a8dad308a
thunderbird-debuginfo-68.4.1-2.el7_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 92e577fe08536bcacaef9c3d3e654fa00911d149c08e89125fc875867b1803c8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7

SRPM
thunderbird-68.4.1-2.el7_7.src.rpm SHA-256: dc610e99a3742456a8a175796b59b983bf9e3af83922dd7bd0c2109ae85bd909
x86_64
thunderbird-68.4.1-2.el7_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 19add60e3b49ceb65bc0422489e60f2c1faed6e7847f3dccc1f9132a8dad308a
thunderbird-debuginfo-68.4.1-2.el7_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 92e577fe08536bcacaef9c3d3e654fa00911d149c08e89125fc875867b1803c8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7

SRPM
thunderbird-68.4.1-2.el7_7.src.rpm SHA-256: dc610e99a3742456a8a175796b59b983bf9e3af83922dd7bd0c2109ae85bd909
ppc64le
thunderbird-68.4.1-2.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 4580b3ae516f3f1ee1ec954d3d03f35a8b0f49f7a70ae5c75e1f584a7fb00ad9
thunderbird-debuginfo-68.4.1-2.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: c642a90269f345b5d6009233cef2f69e7c448bd62819a2da4ed287e079a67bcb

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.7

SRPM
thunderbird-68.4.1-2.el7_7.src.rpm SHA-256: dc610e99a3742456a8a175796b59b983bf9e3af83922dd7bd0c2109ae85bd909
ppc64le
thunderbird-68.4.1-2.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 4580b3ae516f3f1ee1ec954d3d03f35a8b0f49f7a70ae5c75e1f584a7fb00ad9
thunderbird-debuginfo-68.4.1-2.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: c642a90269f345b5d6009233cef2f69e7c448bd62819a2da4ed287e079a67bcb

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.7

SRPM
thunderbird-68.4.1-2.el7_7.src.rpm SHA-256: dc610e99a3742456a8a175796b59b983bf9e3af83922dd7bd0c2109ae85bd909
x86_64
thunderbird-68.4.1-2.el7_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 19add60e3b49ceb65bc0422489e60f2c1faed6e7847f3dccc1f9132a8dad308a
thunderbird-debuginfo-68.4.1-2.el7_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 92e577fe08536bcacaef9c3d3e654fa00911d149c08e89125fc875867b1803c8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7

SRPM
thunderbird-68.4.1-2.el7_7.src.rpm SHA-256: dc610e99a3742456a8a175796b59b983bf9e3af83922dd7bd0c2109ae85bd909
ppc64le
thunderbird-68.4.1-2.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 4580b3ae516f3f1ee1ec954d3d03f35a8b0f49f7a70ae5c75e1f584a7fb00ad9
thunderbird-debuginfo-68.4.1-2.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: c642a90269f345b5d6009233cef2f69e7c448bd62819a2da4ed287e079a67bcb

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7

SRPM
thunderbird-68.4.1-2.el7_7.src.rpm SHA-256: dc610e99a3742456a8a175796b59b983bf9e3af83922dd7bd0c2109ae85bd909
x86_64
thunderbird-68.4.1-2.el7_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 19add60e3b49ceb65bc0422489e60f2c1faed6e7847f3dccc1f9132a8dad308a
thunderbird-debuginfo-68.4.1-2.el7_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 92e577fe08536bcacaef9c3d3e654fa00911d149c08e89125fc875867b1803c8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian 7

SRPM
thunderbird-68.4.1-2.el7_7.src.rpm SHA-256: dc610e99a3742456a8a175796b59b983bf9e3af83922dd7bd0c2109ae85bd909
ppc64le
thunderbird-68.4.1-2.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 4580b3ae516f3f1ee1ec954d3d03f35a8b0f49f7a70ae5c75e1f584a7fb00ad9
thunderbird-debuginfo-68.4.1-2.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: c642a90269f345b5d6009233cef2f69e7c448bd62819a2da4ed287e079a67bcb

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