[RHSA-2013:1142-01] Important: thunderbird security update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

 

Synopsis: Important: thunderbird security update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:1142-01

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1142.html

Issue date: 2013-08-07

CVE Names: CVE-2013-1701 CVE-2013-1709 CVE-2013-1710

CVE-2013-1713 CVE-2013-1714 CVE-2013-1717

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1. Summary:

 

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.

 

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

 

RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

 

3. 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.

 

4. 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

 

5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

 

993598 - CVE-2013-1701 Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:17.0.8) (MFSA 2013-63)

993600 - CVE-2013-1709 Mozilla: Document URI misrepresentation and masquerading (MFSA 2013-68)

993602 - CVE-2013-1710 Mozilla: CRMF requests allow for code execution and XSS attacks (MFSA 2013-69)

993603 - CVE-2013-1713 Mozilla: Wrong principal used for vali[censored] URI for some Javascript components (MFSA 2013-72)

993604 - CVE-2013-1714 Mozilla: Same-origin bypass with web workers and XMLHttpRequest (MFSA 2013-73)

993605 - CVE-2013-1717 Mozilla: Local Java applets may read contents of local file system (MFSA 2013-75)

 

6. Package List:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):

 

Source:

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el5_9.src.rpm

 

i386:

thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el5_9.i386.rpm

thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.8-5.el5_9.i386.rpm

 

x86_64:

thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el5_9.x86_64.rpm

thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.8-5.el5_9.x86_64.rpm

 

RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) :

 

Source:

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el5_9.src.rpm

 

i386:

thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el5_9.i386.rpm

thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.8-5.el5_9.i386.rpm

 

x86_64:

thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el5_9.x86_64.rpm

thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.8-5.el5_9.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):

 

Source:

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Client/en/os/SRPMS/thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el6_4.src.rpm

 

i386:

thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el6_4.i686.rpm

thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.8-5.el6_4.i686.rpm

 

x86_64:

thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el6_4.x86_64.rpm

thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.8-5.el6_4.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6):

 

Source:

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/os/SRPMS/thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el6_4.src.rpm

 

i386:

thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el6_4.i686.rpm

thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.8-5.el6_4.i686.rpm

 

ppc64:

thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el6_4.ppc64.rpm

thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.8-5.el6_4.ppc64.rpm

 

s390x:

thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el6_4.s390x.rpm

thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.8-5.el6_4.s390x.rpm

 

x86_64:

thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el6_4.x86_64.rpm

thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.8-5.el6_4.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):

 

Source:

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Workstation/en/os/SRPMS/thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el6_4.src.rpm

 

i386:

thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el6_4.i686.rpm

thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.8-5.el6_4.i686.rpm

 

x86_64:

thunderbird-17.0.8-5.el6_4.x86_64.rpm

thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.8-5.el6_4.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://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package

 

7. References:

 

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-1701.html

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-1709.html

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-1710.html

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-1713.html

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-1714.html

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-1717.html

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

 

8. Contact:

 

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact

details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

 

Copyright 2013 Red Hat, Inc.

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