Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20162973
Revision Date:2016-12-21Version:637
Title:RHSA-2016:2973: thunderbird security update (Important)
Description:Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 45.6.0.

Security Fix(es):

  • Multiple flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2016-9893, CVE-2016-9899, CVE-2016-9895, CVE-2016-9900, CVE-2016-9901, CVE-2016-9902, CVE-2016-9905)

    Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Wladimir Palant, Philipp, Andrew Krasichkov, insertscript, Jan de Mooij, Iris Hsiao, Christian Holler, Carsten Book, Timothy Nikkel, Christoph Diehl, Olli Pettay, Raymond Forbes, and Boris Zbarsky as the original reporters.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-9893
    CVE-2016-9895
    CVE-2016-9899
    CVE-2016-9900
    CVE-2016-9901
    CVE-2016-9902
    CVE-2016-9905
    RHSA-2016:2973
    RHSA-2016:2973-00
    RHSA-2016:2973-01
    RHSA-2016:2973-01
    Platform(s):Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
    Product(s):
    Definition Synopsis
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is installed
  • AND thunderbird is earlier than 0:45.6.0-1.el5_11
  • AND thunderbird is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is installed
  • AND thunderbird is earlier than 0:45.6.0-1.el6_8
  • AND thunderbird is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 is installed
  • AND thunderbird is earlier than 0:45.6.0-1.el7_3
  • AND thunderbird is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
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