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Category:   Application (E-mail Client)  >   Mozilla Thunderbird Vendors:   Mozilla.org
(Red Hat Issues Fix) Mozilla Thunderbird Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information
SecurityTracker Alert ID:  1025945
SecurityTracker URL:  http://securitytracker.com/id/1025945
CVE Reference:   CVE-2011-2982, CVE-2011-2983   (Links to External Site)
Date:  Aug 17 2011
Impact:   Disclosure of system information, Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
Fix Available:  Yes  Vendor Confirmed:  Yes  
Version(s): 3.1 and prior versions
Description:   Several vulnerabilities were reported in Mozilla Thunderbird. A remote user can cause arbitrary code to be executed on the target user's system. A remote user can obtain potentially sensitive information.

A remote user can create specially crafted HTML that, when loaded by the target user, will trigger a memory error and execute arbitrary code on the target system [CVE-2011-2982]. The code will run with the privileges of the target user.

Gary Kwong, Igor Bukanov, Nils, and Bob Clary reported these vulnerabilities.

A remote user can trigger a dangling pointer flaw in SVGTextElement.getCharNumAtPosition() [CVE-2011-0084].

regenrecht reported this vulnerability (via TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative).

The appendChild() function does not properly manage DOM objects and can trigger an invalid pointer dereference [CVE-2011-2378].

regenrecht reported this vulnerability (via TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative).

When RegExp.input is set, a remote user can read data from other domains [CVE-2011-2983].

shutdown reported this vulnerability.

[Editor's note: Red Hat reported that these flaws affect Thunderbird. Mozilla had not issued an advisory for Thunderbird at the time of this entry.]
Impact:   A remote user can create content that, when loaded by the target user, will execute arbitrary code on the target user's system.

A remote user can obtain potentially sensitive information.
Solution:   Red Hat has issued a fix for CVE-2011-2982 and CVE-2011-2983 for Thunderbird.

The Red Hat advisory is available at:

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1165.html
Vendor URL:  www.mozilla.org/ (Links to External Site)
Cause:   Access control error, Boundary error
Underlying OS:   Linux (Red Hat Enterprise)

Message History:   This archive entry is a follow-up to the message listed below.
Aug 16 2011 Mozilla Thunderbird Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information


 Source Message Contents
Date:  Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:53:50 +0000
Subject:  [RHSA-2011:1165-01] Critical: thunderbird security update

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                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Critical: thunderbird security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2011:1165-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1165.html
Issue date:        2011-08-16
CVE Names:         CVE-2011-2982 CVE-2011-2983 
=====================================================================

1. Summary:

An updated thunderbird package that fixes several security issues is now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical
security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,
which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability
from the CVE links in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

3. Description:

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed HTML content.
Malicious HTML content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially,
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running
Thunderbird. (CVE-2011-2982)

A flaw was found in the way Thunderbird handled malformed JavaScript.
Malicious content could cause Thunderbird to access already freed memory,
causing Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with
the privileges of the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2011-2983)

Note: This update disables support for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
images in Thunderbird on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

All Thunderbird users should upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves these issues. All running instances of Thunderbird must be
restarted for the update to take effect.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

730518 - CVE-2011-2982 Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards
730523 - CVE-2011-2983 Mozilla: Private data leakage using RegExp.input

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:

Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4AS/en/os/SRPMS/thunderbird-1.5.0.12-40.el4.src.rpm

i386:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-40.el4.i386.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-40.el4.i386.rpm

ia64:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-40.el4.ia64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-40.el4.ia64.rpm

ppc:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-40.el4.ppc.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-40.el4.ppc.rpm

s390:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-40.el4.s390.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-40.el4.s390.rpm

s390x:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-40.el4.s390x.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-40.el4.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-40.el4.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-40.el4.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:

Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4Desktop/en/os/SRPMS/thunderbird-1.5.0.12-40.el4.src.rpm

i386:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-40.el4.i386.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-40.el4.i386.rpm

x86_64:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-40.el4.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-40.el4.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:

Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4ES/en/os/SRPMS/thunderbird-1.5.0.12-40.el4.src.rpm

i386:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-40.el4.i386.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-40.el4.i386.rpm

ia64:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-40.el4.ia64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-40.el4.ia64.rpm

x86_64:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-40.el4.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-40.el4.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:

Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4WS/en/os/SRPMS/thunderbird-1.5.0.12-40.el4.src.rpm

i386:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-40.el4.i386.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-40.el4.i386.rpm

ia64:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-40.el4.ia64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-40.el4.ia64.rpm

x86_64:
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-40.el4.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-40.el4.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):

Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/thunderbird-2.0.0.24-21.el5.src.rpm

i386:
thunderbird-2.0.0.24-21.el5.i386.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-2.0.0.24-21.el5.i386.rpm

x86_64:
thunderbird-2.0.0.24-21.el5.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-2.0.0.24-21.el5.x86_64.rpm

RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server):

Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/thunderbird-2.0.0.24-21.el5.src.rpm

i386:
thunderbird-2.0.0.24-21.el5.i386.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-2.0.0.24-21.el5.i386.rpm

x86_64:
thunderbird-2.0.0.24-21.el5.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-2.0.0.24-21.el5.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security.  Our key and 
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package

7. References:

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2011-2982.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2011-2983.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>.  More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2011 Red Hat, Inc.
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