====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Critical: thunderbird security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2011:1166-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1166.html
Issue date:        2011-08-16
CVE Names:         CVE-2011-0084 CVE-2011-2378 CVE-2011-2982 
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1. Summary:

An updated thunderbird package that fixes several security issues is now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical
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:

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 HTML content.
Malicious HTML content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially,
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird.
(CVE-2011-2982)

A dangling pointer flaw was found in the Thunderbird Scalable Vector
Graphics (SVG) text manipulation routine. An HTML mail message containing a
malicious SVG image could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially,
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird.
(CVE-2011-0084)

A dangling pointer flaw was found in the way Thunderbird handled a certain
Document Object Model (DOM) element. An HTML mail message containing
malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird.
(CVE-2011-2378)

All Thunderbird users should upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves these issues. All running instances of Thunderbird must be
restarted for the update 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/kb/docs/DOC-11259

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

730518 - CVE-2011-2982 Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards
730519 - CVE-2011-0084 Mozilla: Crash in SVGTextElement.getCharNumAtPosition()
730521 - CVE-2011-2378 Mozilla: Dangling pointer vulnerability in appendChild

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):

Source:

i386:
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.i686.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.12-1.el6_1.i686.rpm

x86_64:
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.12-1.el6_1.x86_64.rpm

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

Source:

i386:
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.i686.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.12-1.el6_1.i686.rpm

ppc64:
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.ppc64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.12-1.el6_1.ppc64.rpm

s390x:
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.s390x.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.12-1.el6_1.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.12-1.el6_1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):

Source:

i386:
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.i686.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.12-1.el6_1.i686.rpm

x86_64:
thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.12-1.el6_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://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package

7. References:

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2011-0084.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2011-2378.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2011-2982.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is .  More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2011 Red Hat, Inc.