Red Hat: 2011:1243-01: thunderbird: Important Advisory
Summary
Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.
It was found that a Certificate Authority (CA) issued a fraudulent HTTPS
certificate. This update renders any HTTPS certificates signed by that
CA as untrusted, except for a select few. The now untrusted certificates
that were issued before July 1, 2011 can be manually re-enabled and used
again at your own risk in Thunderbird; however, affected certificates
issued after this date cannot be re-enabled or used. (BZ#734316)
All Thunderbird users should upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves this issue. All running instances of Thunderbird must be
restarted for the update to take effect.
Summary
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
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
i386:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-42.el4.i386.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-42.el4.i386.rpm
ia64:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-42.el4.ia64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-42.el4.ia64.rpm
ppc:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-42.el4.ppc.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-42.el4.ppc.rpm
s390:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-42.el4.s390.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-42.el4.s390.rpm
s390x:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-42.el4.s390x.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-42.el4.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-42.el4.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-42.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
Source:
i386:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-42.el4.i386.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-42.el4.i386.rpm
x86_64:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-42.el4.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-42.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
Source:
i386:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-42.el4.i386.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-42.el4.i386.rpm
ia64:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-42.el4.ia64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-42.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-42.el4.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-42.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:
Source:
i386:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-42.el4.i386.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-42.el4.i386.rpm
ia64:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-42.el4.ia64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-42.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-42.el4.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-42.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386:
thunderbird-2.0.0.24-24.el5.i386.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-2.0.0.24-24.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64:
thunderbird-2.0.0.24-24.el5.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-2.0.0.24-24.el5.x86_64.rpm
RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server):
Source:
i386:
thunderbird-2.0.0.24-24.el5.i386.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-2.0.0.24-24.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64:
thunderbird-2.0.0.24-24.el5.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-2.0.0.24-24.el5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source:
i386:
thunderbird-3.1.12-2.el6_1.i686.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.12-2.el6_1.i686.rpm
x86_64:
thunderbird-3.1.12-2.el6_1.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.12-2.el6_1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6):
Source:
i386:
thunderbird-3.1.12-2.el6_1.i686.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.12-2.el6_1.i686.rpm
ppc64:
thunderbird-3.1.12-2.el6_1.ppc64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.12-2.el6_1.ppc64.rpm
s390x:
thunderbird-3.1.12-2.el6_1.s390x.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.12-2.el6_1.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
thunderbird-3.1.12-2.el6_1.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.12-2.el6_1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):
Source:
i386:
thunderbird-3.1.12-2.el6_1.i686.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.12-2.el6_1.i686.rpm
x86_64:
thunderbird-3.1.12-2.el6_1.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-3.1.12-2.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
Topic
An updated thunderbird package that fixes one security issue is nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as havingimportant security impact.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, 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 Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
734316 - Fraudulent certificates signed by DigiNotar CA certificate (MFSA 2011-34)