Synopsis: Important: thunderbird security update
Advisory ID: SLSA-2015:0266-1
Issue Date: 2015-02-25
CVE Numbers: CVE-2015-0836
CVE-2015-0831
CVE-2015-0827
CVE-2015-0822
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Several 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-2015-0836, CVE-2015-0831, CVE-2015-0827)
An information leak flaw was found in the way Thunderbird implemented
autocomplete forms. An attacker able to trick a user into specifying a
local file in the form could use this flaw to access the contents of that
file. (CVE-2015-0822)
Note: All of the above issues cannot be exploited by a specially crafted
HTML mail message as JavaScript is disabled by default for mail messages.
They could be exploited another way in Thunderbird, for example, when
viewing the full remote content of an RSS feed.
After installing the update, Thunderbird must be restarted for the changes
to take effect.
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SL5
x86_64
thunderbird-31.5.0-1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-31.5.0-1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
i386
thunderbird-31.5.0-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-31.5.0-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
SL6
x86_64
thunderbird-31.5.0-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-31.5.0-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
i386
thunderbird-31.5.0-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-31.5.0-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
– Scientific Linux Development Team
