Moderate: thunderbird security update

Synopsis

Moderate: thunderbird security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

Topic

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.

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-2008-5014, CVE-2008-5016, CVE-2008-5017, CVE-2008-5018,
CVE-2008-5021)

Several flaws were found in the way malformed HTML mail content was
processed. An HTML mail message containing specially-crafted content could
potentially trick a Thunderbird user into surrendering sensitive
information. (CVE-2008-5012, CVE-2008-5022, CVE-2008-5024)

All Thunderbird users should upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve these issues.

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

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 5.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 5.2 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.7 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.7 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.7 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.7 s390
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.7 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 470864 - CVE-2008-5012 Mozilla Image stealing via canvas and HTTP redirect
• BZ - 470873 - CVE-2008-5014 Mozilla crash and remote code execution via __proto__ tampering
• BZ - 470881 - CVE-2008-5016 Mozilla crash with evidence of memory corruption
• BZ - 470883 - CVE-2008-5017 Mozilla crash with evidence of memory corruption
• BZ - 470884 - CVE-2008-5018 Mozilla crash with evidence of memory corruption
• BZ - 470894 - CVE-2008-5021 Mozilla crash and remote code execution in nsFrameManager
• BZ - 470895 - CVE-2008-5022 Mozilla nsXMLHttpRequest::NotifyEventListeners() same-origin violation
• BZ - 470902 - CVE-2008-5024 Mozilla parsing error in E4X default namespace

CVEs

• CVE-2008-5012
• CVE-2008-5014
• CVE-2008-5017
• CVE-2008-5016
• CVE-2008-5018
• CVE-2008-5021
• CVE-2008-5022
• CVE-2008-5024
• CVE-2008-5052

References

(none)