Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20180262
Revision Date:2018-02-01Version:635
Title:RHSA-2018:0262: thunderbird security update (Important)
Description:Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 52.6.0.

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-2018-5089, CVE-2018-5095, CVE-2018-5096, CVE-2018-5097, CVE-2018-5098, CVE-2018-5099, CVE-2018-5102, CVE-2018-5103, CVE-2018-5104, CVE-2018-5117)

    Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Christian Holler, Jason Kratzer, Marcia Knous, Nathan Froyd, Oriol Brufau, Ronald Crane, Randell Jesup, Tyson Smith, Cobos Álvarez, Ryan VanderMeulen, Sebastian Hengst, Karl Tomlinson, Xidorn Quan, Ludovic Hirlimann, Jason Orendorff, Anonymous, Nils, and Xisigr as the original reporters.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-5089
    CVE-2018-5095
    CVE-2018-5096
    CVE-2018-5097
    CVE-2018-5098
    CVE-2018-5099
    CVE-2018-5102
    CVE-2018-5103
    CVE-2018-5104
    CVE-2018-5117
    RHSA-2018:0262
    RHSA-2018:0262-00
    RHSA-2018:0262-01
    Platform(s):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 6 is installed
  • AND thunderbird is earlier than 0:52.6.0-1.el6_9
  • AND thunderbird is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 is installed
  • AND thunderbird is earlier than 0:52.6.0-1.el7_4
  • AND thunderbird is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
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