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CentOS Update for thunderbird CESA-2012:0516 centos5
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update for the 'thunderbird' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client. A flaw was found in Sanitiser for OpenType (OTS), used by Thunderbird to help prevent potential exploits in malformed OpenType fonts. Malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, under certain conditions, possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2011-3062) Malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2012-0467, CVE-2012-0468, CVE-2012-0469) Content containing a malicious Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) image file could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2012-0470) A flaw was found in the way Thunderbird used its embedded Cairo library to render certain fonts. Malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, under certain conditions, possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2012-0472) A flaw was found in the way Thunderbird rendered certain images using WebGL. Malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, under certain conditions, possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2012-0478) A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in the way Thunderbird handled certain multibyte character sets. Malicious content could cause Thunderbird to run JavaScript code with the permissions of different content. (CVE-2012-0471) A flaw was found in the way Thunderbird rendered certain graphics using WebGL. Malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash. (CVE-2012-0473) A flaw in the built-in feed reader in Thunderbird allowed the Website field to display the address of different content than the content the user was visiting. An attacker could use this flaw to conceal a malicious URL, possibly tricking a user into believing they are viewing a trusted site, or allowing scripts to be loaded from the attacker's site, possibly leading to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. (CVE-2012-0474) A flaw was found in the way Thunderbird decoded the ISO-2022-KR and ISO-2022-CN character sets. Malicious content could cause Thunderbird to run JavaScript code with the permissions of different content. (CVE-2012-0477) A flaw was found in the way the built-in feed reader in Thunderbird handled RSS and Atom feeds. Invalid RSS or Atom content loaded over HTTPS caused Thunderbird to display the address o ... Description truncated, please see the referenced URL(s) for more information.
Affected Software
Affected Software
thunderbird on CentOS 5
Solution
Solution
Please install the updated packages.