[RHSA-2008:0908-01] Moderate: thunderbird security update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

 

Synopsis: Moderate: thunderbird security update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2008:0908-01

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0908.html

Issue date: 2008-10-01

CVE Names: CVE-2008-0016 CVE-2008-3835 CVE-2008-4058

CVE-2008-4059 CVE-2008-4060 CVE-2008-4061

CVE-2008-4062 CVE-2008-4065 CVE-2008-4066

CVE-2008-4067 CVE-2008-4068 CVE-2008-4070

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1. Summary:

 

Updated thunderbird packages that fix several security issues 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.

 

Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed HTML mail content.

An HTML mail message containing malicious content could cause Thunderbird

to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running

Thunderbird. (CVE-2008-0016, CVE-2008-4058, CVE-2008-4059, CVE-2008-4060,

CVE-2008-4061, CVE-2008-4062)

 

Several flaws were found in the way malformed HTML mail content was

displayed. An HTML mail message containing specially crafted content could

potentially trick a Thunderbird user into surrendering sensitive

information. (CVE-2008-3835, CVE-2008-4067, CVE-2008-4068)

 

A flaw was found in Thunderbird that caused certain characters to be

stripped from JavaScript code. This flaw could allow malicious JavaScript

to bypass or evade script filters. (CVE-2008-4065, CVE-2008-4066)

 

Note: JavaScript support is disabled by default in Thunderbird; the above

issue is not exploitable unless JavaScript is enabled.

 

A heap based buffer overflow flaw was found in the handling of cancelled

newsgroup messages. If the user cancels a specially crafted newsgroup

message it could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute

arbitrary code as the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2008-4070)

 

All Thunderbird users should upgrade to these updated packages, which

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/):

 

463181 - CVE-2008-0016 Mozilla UTF-8 stack buffer overflow

463182 - CVE-2008-3835 mozilla: nsXMLDocument::OnChannelRedirect() same-origin violation

463190 - CVE-2008-4058 Mozilla privilege escalation via XPCnativeWrapper pollution

463192 - CVE-2008-4059 Mozilla privilege escalation via XPCnativeWrapper pollution

463198 - CVE-2008-4060 Mozilla privilege escalation via XPCnativeWrapper pollution

463199 - CVE-2008-4061 Mozilla layout engine crash

463201 - CVE-2008-4062 Mozilla crashes with evidence of memory corruption

463234 - CVE-2008-4065 Mozilla BOM characters stripped from JavaScript before execution

463243 - CVE-2008-4066 Mozilla low surrogates stripped from JavaScript before execution

463246 - CVE-2008-4067 Mozilla resource: traversal vulnerability

463248 - CVE-2008-4068 Mozilla local HTML file recource: bypass

464041 - CVE-2008-4070 Thunderbird cancelled newsgrop messages

 

6. Package List:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:

 

Source:

ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4AS/en/os/SRPMS/thunderbird-1.5.0.12-16.el4.src.rpm

 

i386:

thunderbird-1.5.0.12-16.el4.i386.rpm

thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-16.el4.i386.rpm

 

ia64:

thunderbird-1.5.0.12-16.el4.ia64.rpm

thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-16.el4.ia64.rpm

 

ppc:

thunderbird-1.5.0.12-16.el4.ppc.rpm

thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-16.el4.ppc.rpm

 

s390:

thunderbird-1.5.0.12-16.el4.s390.rpm

thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-16.el4.s390.rpm

 

s390x:

thunderbird-1.5.0.12-16.el4.s390x.rpm

thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-16.el4.s390x.rpm

 

x86_64:

thunderbird-1.5.0.12-16.el4.x86_64.rpm

thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-16.el4.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:

 

Source:

ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4Desktop/en/os/SRPMS/thunderbird-1.5.0.12-16.el4.src.rpm

 

i386:

thunderbird-1.5.0.12-16.el4.i386.rpm

thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-16.el4.i386.rpm

 

x86_64:

thunderbird-1.5.0.12-16.el4.x86_64.rpm

thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-16.el4.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:

 

Source:

ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4ES/en/os/SRPMS/thunderbird-1.5.0.12-16.el4.src.rpm

 

i386:

thunderbird-1.5.0.12-16.el4.i386.rpm

thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-16.el4.i386.rpm

 

ia64:

thunderbird-1.5.0.12-16.el4.ia64.rpm

thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-16.el4.ia64.rpm

 

x86_64:

thunderbird-1.5.0.12-16.el4.x86_64.rpm

thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-16.el4.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:

 

Source:

ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4WS/en/os/SRPMS/thunderbird-1.5.0.12-16.el4.src.rpm

 

i386:

thunderbird-1.5.0.12-16.el4.i386.rpm

thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-16.el4.i386.rpm

 

ia64:

thunderbird-1.5.0.12-16.el4.ia64.rpm

thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-16.el4.ia64.rpm

 

x86_64:

thunderbird-1.5.0.12-16.el4.x86_64.rpm

thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-16.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-2.0.0.17-1.el5.src.rpm

 

i386:

thunderbird-2.0.0.17-1.el5.i386.rpm

thunderbird-debuginfo-2.0.0.17-1.el5.i386.rpm

 

x86_64:

thunderbird-2.0.0.17-1.el5.x86_64.rpm

thunderbird-debuginfo-2.0.0.17-1.el5.x86_64.rpm

 

RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server):

 

Source:

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/thunderbird-2.0.0.17-1.el5.src.rpm

 

i386:

thunderbird-2.0.0.17-1.el5.i386.rpm

thunderbird-debuginfo-2.0.0.17-1.el5.i386.rpm

 

x86_64:

thunderbird-2.0.0.17-1.el5.x86_64.rpm

thunderbird-debuginfo-2.0.0.17-1.el5.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-2008-0016

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3835

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4058

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4059

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4060

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4061

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4062

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4065

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4066

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4067

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4068

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4070

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.

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