Synopsis:          Important: thunderbird security update
Advisory ID:       SLSA-2013:1480-1
Issue Date:        2013-10-30
CVE Numbers:       CVE-2013-5590
                   CVE-2013-5595
                   CVE-2013-5597
                   CVE-2013-5599
                   CVE-2013-5600
                   CVE-2013-5601
                   CVE-2013-5602
                   CVE-2013-5604
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Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed content. Malicious
content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird.
(CVE-2013-5590, CVE-2013-5597, CVE-2013-5599, CVE-2013-5600,
CVE-2013-5601, CVE-2013-5602)

It was found that the Thunderbird JavaScript engine incorrectly allocated
memory for certain functions. An attacker could combine this flaw with
other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2013-5595)

A flaw was found in the way Thunderbird handled certain Extensible
Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT) files. An attacker could
combine this flaw with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code
with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2013-5604)

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-17.0.10-1.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
    thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.10-1.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
  i386
    thunderbird-17.0.10-1.el5_10.i386.rpm
    thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.10-1.el5_10.i386.rpm
SL6
  x86_64
    thunderbird-17.0.10-1.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
    thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.10-1.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
  i386
    thunderbird-17.0.10-1.el6_4.i686.rpm
    thunderbird-debuginfo-17.0.10-1.el6_4.i686.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team