Red Hat: 2011:1343-01: thunderbird: Critical Advisory
Summary
Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.
A flaw was found in the way Thunderbird handled frame objects with certain
names. An attacker could use this flaw to cause a plug-in to grant its
content access to another site or the local file system, violating the
same-origin policy. (CVE-2011-2999)
An integer underflow flaw was found in the way Thunderbird handled large
JavaScript regular expressions. An HTML mail message containing malicious
JavaScript could cause Thunderbird to access already freed memory, causing
Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2011-2998)
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.
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://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2011-2998.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2011-2999.html https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
i386:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-44.el4.i386.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-44.el4.i386.rpm
ia64:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-44.el4.ia64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-44.el4.ia64.rpm
ppc:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-44.el4.ppc.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-44.el4.ppc.rpm
s390:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-44.el4.s390.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-44.el4.s390.rpm
s390x:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-44.el4.s390x.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-44.el4.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-44.el4.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-44.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
Source:
i386:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-44.el4.i386.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-44.el4.i386.rpm
x86_64:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-44.el4.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-44.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
Source:
i386:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-44.el4.i386.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-44.el4.i386.rpm
ia64:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-44.el4.ia64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-44.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-44.el4.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-44.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:
Source:
i386:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-44.el4.i386.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-44.el4.i386.rpm
ia64:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-44.el4.ia64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-44.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-44.el4.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-44.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386:
thunderbird-2.0.0.24-26.el5_7.i386.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-2.0.0.24-26.el5_7.i386.rpm
x86_64:
thunderbird-2.0.0.24-26.el5_7.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-2.0.0.24-26.el5_7.x86_64.rpm
RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server):
Source:
i386:
thunderbird-2.0.0.24-26.el5_7.i386.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-2.0.0.24-26.el5_7.i386.rpm
x86_64:
thunderbird-2.0.0.24-26.el5_7.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-2.0.0.24-26.el5_7.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 two security issues is nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having criticalsecurity impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE links in the References section.
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 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
Bugs Fixed
741904 - CVE-2011-2999 Mozilla: XSS via plugins and shadowed window.location object (MFSA 2011-38)
741924 - CVE-2011-2998 Mozilla: Integer underflow when using JavaScript RegExp (MFSA 2011-37)