thunderbird (SL4, SL5)

Synopsis: Moderate: thunderbird security update
Issue Date: 2011-03-01
CVE Numbers: CVE-2011-0053
CVE-2011-0051

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-2011-0051, CVE-2011-0053)

Note: JavaScript support is disabled by default in Thunderbird. The above
issues are not exploitable unless JavaScript is enabled.

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.

SL4
x86_64
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-35.el4.x86_64.rpm
i386
thunderbird-1.5.0.12-35.el4.i386.rpm
SL5
x86_64
thunderbird-2.0.0.24-14.el5_6.x86_64.rpm
i386
thunderbird-2.0.0.24-14.el5_6.i386.rpm

– Scientific Linux Development Team