Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20080976
Revision Date:2008-11-20Version:636
Title:RHSA-2008:0976: thunderbird security update (Moderate)
Description:Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

  • Several flaws were found in the processing of 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. (CVE-2008-5014, CVE-2008-5016, CVE-2008-5017, CVE-2008-5018, CVE-2008-5021)

  • Several flaws were found in the way malformed HTML mail content was processed. An HTML mail message containing specially-crafted content could potentially trick a Thunderbird user into surrendering sensitive information. (CVE-2008-5012, CVE-2008-5022, CVE-2008-5024)

    All Thunderbird users should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2008-5012
    CVE-2008-5014
    CVE-2008-5016
    CVE-2008-5017
    CVE-2008-5018
    CVE-2008-5021
    CVE-2008-5022
    CVE-2008-5024
    CVE-2008-5052
    RHSA-2008:0976
    RHSA-2008:0976-01
    RHSA-2008:0976-01
    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 0:1.5.0.12-17.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 0:2.0.0.18-1.el5
  • AND thunderbird is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
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