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RHSA-2022:4769: Red Hat Security Advisory: thunderbird security update
An update for thunderbird is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. 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.This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original.
Related CVEs:
- CVE-2022-1529: Mozilla: Untrusted input used in JavaScript object indexing, leading to prototype pollution
- CVE-2022-1802: Mozilla: Prototype pollution in Top-Level Await implementation
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Issued:
2022-05-27
Updated:
2022-05-27
RHSA-2022:4769 - Security Advisory
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Synopsis
Critical: thunderbird security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Critical
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Topic
An update for thunderbird is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. 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 91.9.1.
Security Fix(es):
- Mozilla: Untrusted input used in JavaScript object indexing, leading to prototype pollution (CVE-2022-1529)
- Mozilla: Prototype pollution in Top-Level Await implementation (CVE-2022-1802)
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 8 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.6 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.6 ppc64le
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.6 aarch64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6 ppc64le
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6 x86_64
Fixes
- BZ - 2089217 - CVE-2022-1802 Mozilla: Prototype pollution in Top-Level Await implementation
- BZ - 2089218 - CVE-2022-1529 Mozilla: Untrusted input used in JavaScript object indexing, leading to prototype pollution
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8
SRPM
thunderbird-91.9.1-1.el8_6.src.rpm
SHA-256: c58aa5acccd28940ba73191a3eb223788f0902c4fcbfc68e4e0805a87258095b
x86_64
thunderbird-91.9.1-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 6f8793916bacd6ac674889ae5c5204d12e5e5afbb927eb225d67ef228cc561ca
thunderbird-debuginfo-91.9.1-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: e88ca8778d982d80ccf0092c62a1ac6b3456da4d0951d613276a73a583b089df
thunderbird-debugsource-91.9.1-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: a57e7ec94406f41ad1605c930c7fa65696344613d560ffe0e3b97848822be2ba
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.6
SRPM
thunderbird-91.9.1-1.el8_6.src.rpm
SHA-256: c58aa5acccd28940ba73191a3eb223788f0902c4fcbfc68e4e0805a87258095b
x86_64
thunderbird-91.9.1-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 6f8793916bacd6ac674889ae5c5204d12e5e5afbb927eb225d67ef228cc561ca
thunderbird-debuginfo-91.9.1-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: e88ca8778d982d80ccf0092c62a1ac6b3456da4d0951d613276a73a583b089df
thunderbird-debugsource-91.9.1-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: a57e7ec94406f41ad1605c930c7fa65696344613d560ffe0e3b97848822be2ba
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.6
SRPM
thunderbird-91.9.1-1.el8_6.src.rpm
SHA-256: c58aa5acccd28940ba73191a3eb223788f0902c4fcbfc68e4e0805a87258095b
x86_64
thunderbird-91.9.1-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 6f8793916bacd6ac674889ae5c5204d12e5e5afbb927eb225d67ef228cc561ca
thunderbird-debuginfo-91.9.1-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: e88ca8778d982d80ccf0092c62a1ac6b3456da4d0951d613276a73a583b089df
thunderbird-debugsource-91.9.1-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: a57e7ec94406f41ad1605c930c7fa65696344613d560ffe0e3b97848822be2ba
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8
SRPM
thunderbird-91.9.1-1.el8_6.src.rpm
SHA-256: c58aa5acccd28940ba73191a3eb223788f0902c4fcbfc68e4e0805a87258095b
s390x
thunderbird-91.9.1-1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
SHA-256: 7a02facdf32bc3ccaac9dc0b421e9078737b3fc4a72b8a31601d41a3a74ecc61
thunderbird-debuginfo-91.9.1-1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
SHA-256: 52ce342769f915f145068ce698d2682b9b7359d796aa71ace66f4e2e776ba124
thunderbird-debugsource-91.9.1-1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
SHA-256: 811c6c3140db38c692b7e1c9cb79a4f95023e52f10b681ae31dc4e17aea0ab0b
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.6
SRPM
thunderbird-91.9.1-1.el8_6.src.rpm
SHA-256: c58aa5acccd28940ba73191a3eb223788f0902c4fcbfc68e4e0805a87258095b
s390x
thunderbird-91.9.1-1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
SHA-256: 7a02facdf32bc3ccaac9dc0b421e9078737b3fc4a72b8a31601d41a3a74ecc61
thunderbird-debuginfo-91.9.1-1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
SHA-256: 52ce342769f915f145068ce698d2682b9b7359d796aa71ace66f4e2e776ba124
thunderbird-debugsource-91.9.1-1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
SHA-256: 811c6c3140db38c692b7e1c9cb79a4f95023e52f10b681ae31dc4e17aea0ab0b
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8
SRPM
thunderbird-91.9.1-1.el8_6.src.rpm
SHA-256: c58aa5acccd28940ba73191a3eb223788f0902c4fcbfc68e4e0805a87258095b
ppc64le
thunderbird-91.9.1-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: 92b0477c13a87adfaed278e10b2c9ddc91da043ba77d67d8663e53df5f9adc00
thunderbird-debuginfo-91.9.1-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: 700b747582cf940a2cb1dd7016e6c73670824badc90342d8dcec97984be80d37
thunderbird-debugsource-91.9.1-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: fd7a8456134de2674cdaf7f752d6aa46b348f47544dad4d3ffd22ecaf4acc47e
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.6
SRPM
thunderbird-91.9.1-1.el8_6.src.rpm
SHA-256: c58aa5acccd28940ba73191a3eb223788f0902c4fcbfc68e4e0805a87258095b
ppc64le
thunderbird-91.9.1-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: 92b0477c13a87adfaed278e10b2c9ddc91da043ba77d67d8663e53df5f9adc00
thunderbird-debuginfo-91.9.1-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: 700b747582cf940a2cb1dd7016e6c73670824badc90342d8dcec97984be80d37
thunderbird-debugsource-91.9.1-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: fd7a8456134de2674cdaf7f752d6aa46b348f47544dad4d3ffd22ecaf4acc47e
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.6
SRPM
thunderbird-91.9.1-1.el8_6.src.rpm
SHA-256: c58aa5acccd28940ba73191a3eb223788f0902c4fcbfc68e4e0805a87258095b
x86_64
thunderbird-91.9.1-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 6f8793916bacd6ac674889ae5c5204d12e5e5afbb927eb225d67ef228cc561ca
thunderbird-debuginfo-91.9.1-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: e88ca8778d982d80ccf0092c62a1ac6b3456da4d0951d613276a73a583b089df
thunderbird-debugsource-91.9.1-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: a57e7ec94406f41ad1605c930c7fa65696344613d560ffe0e3b97848822be2ba
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8
SRPM
thunderbird-91.9.1-1.el8_6.src.rpm
SHA-256: c58aa5acccd28940ba73191a3eb223788f0902c4fcbfc68e4e0805a87258095b
aarch64
thunderbird-91.9.1-1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
SHA-256: 947034d11a313f2941af09982a829182bbe08c4fcaa5d558b1d8edeae4029ac7
thunderbird-debuginfo-91.9.1-1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
SHA-256: e9bac0e7d283f155544297427707777e15f6217ba4fc44a7171d4f9876fb7b72
thunderbird-debugsource-91.9.1-1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
SHA-256: 9155922cf598a841dd8f3de03e5073930650ff0a3219e47f2dc719d2f0f741d2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.6
SRPM
thunderbird-91.9.1-1.el8_6.src.rpm
SHA-256: c58aa5acccd28940ba73191a3eb223788f0902c4fcbfc68e4e0805a87258095b
aarch64
thunderbird-91.9.1-1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
SHA-256: 947034d11a313f2941af09982a829182bbe08c4fcaa5d558b1d8edeae4029ac7
thunderbird-debuginfo-91.9.1-1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
SHA-256: e9bac0e7d283f155544297427707777e15f6217ba4fc44a7171d4f9876fb7b72
thunderbird-debugsource-91.9.1-1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
SHA-256: 9155922cf598a841dd8f3de03e5073930650ff0a3219e47f2dc719d2f0f741d2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6
SRPM
thunderbird-91.9.1-1.el8_6.src.rpm
SHA-256: c58aa5acccd28940ba73191a3eb223788f0902c4fcbfc68e4e0805a87258095b
ppc64le
thunderbird-91.9.1-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: 92b0477c13a87adfaed278e10b2c9ddc91da043ba77d67d8663e53df5f9adc00
thunderbird-debuginfo-91.9.1-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: 700b747582cf940a2cb1dd7016e6c73670824badc90342d8dcec97984be80d37
thunderbird-debugsource-91.9.1-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
SHA-256: fd7a8456134de2674cdaf7f752d6aa46b348f47544dad4d3ffd22ecaf4acc47e
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6
SRPM
thunderbird-91.9.1-1.el8_6.src.rpm
SHA-256: c58aa5acccd28940ba73191a3eb223788f0902c4fcbfc68e4e0805a87258095b
x86_64
thunderbird-91.9.1-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: 6f8793916bacd6ac674889ae5c5204d12e5e5afbb927eb225d67ef228cc561ca
thunderbird-debuginfo-91.9.1-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: e88ca8778d982d80ccf0092c62a1ac6b3456da4d0951d613276a73a583b089df
thunderbird-debugsource-91.9.1-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
SHA-256: a57e7ec94406f41ad1605c930c7fa65696344613d560ffe0e3b97848822be2ba
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