news 28 Posted April 30, 2008 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Moderate: thunderbird security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2008:0224-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0224.html Issue date: 2008-04-30 CVE Names: CVE-2008-1380 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: Updated thunderbird packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64 RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) - i386, x86_64 3. Description: Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client. A flaw was found in the processing of malformed JavaScript content. An HTML mail message containing such malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2008-1380) Note: JavaScript support is disabled by default in Thunderbird; the above issue is not exploitable unless JavaScript is enabled. All Thunderbird users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188 5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 440518 - CVE-2008-1380 Firefox JavaScript garbage collection crash 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4AS/en/os/SRPMS/thunderbird-1.5.0.12-11.el4.src.rpm i386: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-11.el4.i386.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-11.el4.i386.rpm ia64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-11.el4.ia64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-11.el4.ia64.rpm ppc: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-11.el4.ppc.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-11.el4.ppc.rpm s390: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-11.el4.s390.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-11.el4.s390.rpm s390x: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-11.el4.s390x.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-11.el4.s390x.rpm x86_64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-11.el4.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-11.el4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4Desktop/en/os/SRPMS/thunderbird-1.5.0.12-11.el4.src.rpm i386: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-11.el4.i386.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-11.el4.i386.rpm x86_64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-11.el4.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-11.el4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4ES/en/os/SRPMS/thunderbird-1.5.0.12-11.el4.src.rpm i386: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-11.el4.i386.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-11.el4.i386.rpm ia64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-11.el4.ia64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-11.el4.ia64.rpm x86_64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-11.el4.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-11.el4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4WS/en/os/SRPMS/thunderbird-1.5.0.12-11.el4.src.rpm i386: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-11.el4.i386.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-11.el4.i386.rpm ia64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-11.el4.ia64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-11.el4.ia64.rpm x86_64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-11.el4.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-11.el4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/thunderbird-1.5.0.12-12.el5_1.src.rpm i386: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-12.el5_1.i386.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-12.el5_1.i386.rpm x86_64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-12.el5_1.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-12.el5_1.x86_64.rpm RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/thunderbird-1.5.0.12-12.el5_1.src.rpm i386: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-12.el5_1.i386.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-12.el5_1.i386.rpm x86_64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-12.el5_1.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-12.el5_1.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package 7. References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1380 http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . More contact details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ Copyright 2008 Red Hat, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIGKLHXlSAg2UNWIIRAiB6AKC3wktWvXMEOR0dLjpXTAOOwmBz1ACbBhaK riC9xpEQM/+6sksZXGy/1qE= =JXiO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Share this post Link to post
