Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20070981
Revision Date:2008-03-20Version:635
Title:RHSA-2007:0981: thunderbird security update (Moderate)
Description:Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

  • Several flaws were found in the way in which Thunderbird processed certain 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. JavaScript support is disabled by default in Thunderbird; these issues are not exploitable unless the user has enabled JavaScript. (CVE-2007-5338, CVE-2007-5339, CVE-2007-5340)

  • Several flaws were found in the way in which Thunderbird displayed malformed HTML mail content. An HTML mail message containing specially-crafted content could potentially trick a user into surrendering sensitive information. (CVE-2007-1095, CVE-2007-3844, CVE-2007-3511, CVE-2007-5334)

  • A flaw was found in the Thunderbird sftp protocol handler. A malicious HTML mail message could access data from a remote sftp site, possibly stealing sensitive user data. (CVE-2007-5337)

  • A request-splitting flaw was found in the way in which Thunderbird generates a digest authentication request. If a user opened a specially-crafted URL, it was possible to perform cross-site scripting attacks, web cache poisoning, or other, similar exploits. (CVE-2007-2292)

    Users of Thunderbird are advised to upgrade to these erratum packages, which contain backported patches that correct these issues.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2007-1095
    CVE-2007-2292
    CVE-2007-3511
    CVE-2007-3844
    CVE-2007-5334
    CVE-2007-5337
    CVE-2007-5338
    CVE-2007-5339
    CVE-2007-5340
    RHSA-2007:0981
    RHSA-2007:0981-02
    RHSA-2007:0981-02
    Platform(s):Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
    Product(s):
    Definition Synopsis
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 is installed
  • AND thunderbird is earlier than 0:1.5.0.12-0.5.el4
  • AND thunderbird is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is installed
  • AND thunderbird is earlier than 0:1.5.0.12-5.el5
  • AND thunderbird is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
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