Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20170498
Revision Date:2017-03-14Version:636
Title:RHSA-2017:0498: thunderbird security update (Important)
Description:Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 45.8.0.

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-2017-5398, CVE-2017-5400, CVE-2017-5401, CVE-2017-5402, CVE-2017-5404, CVE-2017-5407, CVE-2017-5408, CVE-2017-5410, CVE-2017-5405)

    Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Nils, Jerri Rice, Rh0, Anton Eliasson, David Kohlbrenner, Ivan Fratric of Google Project Zero, Anonymous, Eric Lawrence of Chrome Security, Boris Zbarsky, Christian Holler, Honza Bambas, Jon Coppeard, Randell Jesup, André Bargull, Kan-Ru Chen, and Nathan Froyd as the original reporters.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-5398
    CVE-2017-5400
    CVE-2017-5401
    CVE-2017-5402
    CVE-2017-5404
    CVE-2017-5405
    CVE-2017-5407
    CVE-2017-5408
    CVE-2017-5410
    RHSA-2017:0498
    RHSA-2017:0498-00
    RHSA-2017:0498-01
    RHSA-2017:0498-01
    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 0:45.8.0-1.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 0:45.8.0-1.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 0:45.8.0-1.el7_3
  • AND thunderbird is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
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