Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20080209
Revision Date:2008-04-03Version:636
Title:RHSA-2008:0209: thunderbird security update (Moderate)
Description:Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

  • Several flaws were found in the processing of some malformed HTML mail content. An HTML mail message containing such malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2008-1233, CVE-2008-1235, CVE-2008-1236, CVE-2008-1237)

  • Several flaws were found in the display of malformed web content. An HTML mail message containing specially-crafted content could, potentially, trick a user into surrendering sensitive information. (CVE-2008-1234, CVE-2008-1238, CVE-2008-1241)

    Note: JavaScript support is disabled by default in Thunderbird; the above issues are not exploitable unless JavaScript is enabled.

    All Thunderbird users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2008-1233
    CVE-2008-1234
    CVE-2008-1235
    CVE-2008-1236
    CVE-2008-1237
    CVE-2008-1238
    CVE-2008-1241
    RHSA-2008:0209
    RHSA-2008:0209-01
    RHSA-2008:0209-01
    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 0:1.5.0.12-10.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 0:1.5.0.12-11.el5_1
  • AND thunderbird is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • Definition Synopsis
  • Release Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 is installed
  • AND thunderbird is earlier than 0:1.5.0.12-10.el4
  • AND thunderbird is signed with Red Hat master key
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is installed
  • AND thunderbird is earlier than 0:1.5.0.12-11.el5_1
  • AND thunderbird is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
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