RHSA-2021:5048: Red Hat Security Advisory: thunderbird security update

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Issued:

2021-12-09

Updated:

2021-12-09

RHSA-2021:5048 - Security Advisory

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Synopsis

Important: thunderbird security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

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Topic

An update for thunderbird is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 91.4.0.

Security Fix(es):

• Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 95 and Firefox ESR 91.4 (BZ#2030116)
• Mozilla: URL leakage when navigating while executing asynchronous function (CVE-2021-43536)
• Mozilla: Heap buffer overflow when using structured clone (CVE-2021-43537)
• Mozilla: Missing fullscreen and pointer lock notification when requesting both (CVE-2021-43538)
• Mozilla: GC rooting failure when calling wasm instance methods (CVE-2021-43539)
• Mozilla: External protocol handler parameters were unescaped (CVE-2021-43541)
• Mozilla: XMLHttpRequest error codes could have leaked the existence of an external protocol handler (CVE-2021-43542)
• Mozilla: Bypass of CSP sandbox directive when embedding (CVE-2021-43543)
• Mozilla: JavaScript unexpectedly enabled for the composition area (CVE-2021-43528)
• Mozilla: Denial of Service when using the Location API in a loop (CVE-2021-43545)
• Mozilla: Cursor spoofing could overlay user interface when native cursor is zoomed (CVE-2021-43546)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.4 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.4 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.4 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.4 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 2030105 - CVE-2021-43536 Mozilla: URL leakage when navigating while executing asynchronous function
• BZ - 2030106 - CVE-2021-43537 Mozilla: Heap buffer overflow when using structured clone
• BZ - 2030109 - CVE-2021-43538 Mozilla: Missing fullscreen and pointer lock notification when requesting both
• BZ - 2030110 - CVE-2021-43539 Mozilla: GC rooting failure when calling wasm instance methods
• BZ - 2030111 - CVE-2021-43541 Mozilla: External protocol handler parameters were unescaped
• BZ - 2030112 - CVE-2021-43542 Mozilla: XMLHttpRequest error codes could have leaked the existence of an external protocol handler
• BZ - 2030113 - CVE-2021-43543 Mozilla: Bypass of CSP sandbox directive when embedding
• BZ - 2030114 - CVE-2021-43545 Mozilla: Denial of Service when using the Location API in a loop
• BZ - 2030115 - CVE-2021-43546 Mozilla: Cursor spoofing could overlay user interface when native cursor is zoomed
• BZ - 2030116 - Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 95 and Firefox ESR 91.4
• BZ - 2030137 - CVE-2021-43528 Mozilla: JavaScript unexpectedly enabled for the composition area

CVEs

• CVE-2021-43528
• CVE-2021-43536
• CVE-2021-43537
• CVE-2021-43538
• CVE-2021-43539
• CVE-2021-43541
• CVE-2021-43542
• CVE-2021-43543
• CVE-2021-43545
• CVE-2021-43546

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.4

SRPM

thunderbird-91.4.0-2.el8_4.src.rpm

SHA-256: 90cff5b2a3b1ee433a451a544e010d5123e6ca4cfd2b426ec642662dfca02592

x86_64

thunderbird-91.4.0-2.el8_4.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: 437ce6e1980406f8ac2fd9272da71f6b37e7b39f336365f729bf02ce4683742b

thunderbird-debuginfo-91.4.0-2.el8_4.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: f610c58ed6f711e3f4e5fe30acf7138d80d4b5b753dcc1c09908220af2af3dfd

thunderbird-debugsource-91.4.0-2.el8_4.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: 11650cf058badf718349bb84c2d3ba8cc67891752120bc43baaa4dab7a0c0b9a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.4

SRPM

thunderbird-91.4.0-2.el8_4.src.rpm

SHA-256: 90cff5b2a3b1ee433a451a544e010d5123e6ca4cfd2b426ec642662dfca02592

x86_64

thunderbird-91.4.0-2.el8_4.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: 437ce6e1980406f8ac2fd9272da71f6b37e7b39f336365f729bf02ce4683742b

thunderbird-debuginfo-91.4.0-2.el8_4.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: f610c58ed6f711e3f4e5fe30acf7138d80d4b5b753dcc1c09908220af2af3dfd

thunderbird-debugsource-91.4.0-2.el8_4.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: 11650cf058badf718349bb84c2d3ba8cc67891752120bc43baaa4dab7a0c0b9a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.4

SRPM

thunderbird-91.4.0-2.el8_4.src.rpm

SHA-256: 90cff5b2a3b1ee433a451a544e010d5123e6ca4cfd2b426ec642662dfca02592

s390x

thunderbird-91.4.0-2.el8_4.s390x.rpm

SHA-256: 18b9802898c5d867dd73e0533499136d7d0807c69f77127ef8e702e91746fc4b

thunderbird-debuginfo-91.4.0-2.el8_4.s390x.rpm

SHA-256: 0263d6250ee81d4d63ba6d71e314fc1ee00d7d117cb73d1179e7c7add7df5377

thunderbird-debugsource-91.4.0-2.el8_4.s390x.rpm

SHA-256: 548a2089fc87e4bfc7766cf4c84d9a4ec664a877cb16cb1368a2a1ad9aa2c12a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.4

SRPM

thunderbird-91.4.0-2.el8_4.src.rpm

SHA-256: 90cff5b2a3b1ee433a451a544e010d5123e6ca4cfd2b426ec642662dfca02592

ppc64le

thunderbird-91.4.0-2.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm

SHA-256: d08faa1f09f778b753997d161cee553bc0b9a8a3387ebf2f296789666c83e53f

thunderbird-debuginfo-91.4.0-2.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm

SHA-256: c543931f89f5ab87d33fbae71a496a0e7efe7f1608ad363ffed97bfe2510f868

thunderbird-debugsource-91.4.0-2.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm

SHA-256: 5e66f7286dea174228d36657d5a1bae4d6a4f7db9d9ad8e179d997400cb1a4fe

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.4

SRPM

thunderbird-91.4.0-2.el8_4.src.rpm

SHA-256: 90cff5b2a3b1ee433a451a544e010d5123e6ca4cfd2b426ec642662dfca02592

x86_64

thunderbird-91.4.0-2.el8_4.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: 437ce6e1980406f8ac2fd9272da71f6b37e7b39f336365f729bf02ce4683742b

thunderbird-debuginfo-91.4.0-2.el8_4.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: f610c58ed6f711e3f4e5fe30acf7138d80d4b5b753dcc1c09908220af2af3dfd

thunderbird-debugsource-91.4.0-2.el8_4.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: 11650cf058badf718349bb84c2d3ba8cc67891752120bc43baaa4dab7a0c0b9a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.4

SRPM

thunderbird-91.4.0-2.el8_4.src.rpm

SHA-256: 90cff5b2a3b1ee433a451a544e010d5123e6ca4cfd2b426ec642662dfca02592

aarch64

thunderbird-91.4.0-2.el8_4.aarch64.rpm

SHA-256: 56c24c50e769b38e619f329f6552f814da6977b54f9e3599e97eeb43d8ad4d9b

thunderbird-debuginfo-91.4.0-2.el8_4.aarch64.rpm

SHA-256: 37c693bf6a733307685cb76658c6cff460fcef0634293d2536ed205c12a270ea

thunderbird-debugsource-91.4.0-2.el8_4.aarch64.rpm

SHA-256: b726e337400b4c6e25d385c4f8a1a9a7db98a535a6d76e51fc4fb8ec18a76c72

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.4

SRPM

thunderbird-91.4.0-2.el8_4.src.rpm

SHA-256: 90cff5b2a3b1ee433a451a544e010d5123e6ca4cfd2b426ec642662dfca02592

ppc64le

thunderbird-91.4.0-2.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm

SHA-256: d08faa1f09f778b753997d161cee553bc0b9a8a3387ebf2f296789666c83e53f

thunderbird-debuginfo-91.4.0-2.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm

SHA-256: c543931f89f5ab87d33fbae71a496a0e7efe7f1608ad363ffed97bfe2510f868

thunderbird-debugsource-91.4.0-2.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm

SHA-256: 5e66f7286dea174228d36657d5a1bae4d6a4f7db9d9ad8e179d997400cb1a4fe

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.4

SRPM

thunderbird-91.4.0-2.el8_4.src.rpm

SHA-256: 90cff5b2a3b1ee433a451a544e010d5123e6ca4cfd2b426ec642662dfca02592

x86_64

thunderbird-91.4.0-2.el8_4.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: 437ce6e1980406f8ac2fd9272da71f6b37e7b39f336365f729bf02ce4683742b

thunderbird-debuginfo-91.4.0-2.el8_4.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: f610c58ed6f711e3f4e5fe30acf7138d80d4b5b753dcc1c09908220af2af3dfd

thunderbird-debugsource-91.4.0-2.el8_4.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: 11650cf058badf718349bb84c2d3ba8cc67891752120bc43baaa4dab7a0c0b9a

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