RHSA-2021:5047: Red Hat Security Advisory: thunderbird security update

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Issued:

2021-12-09

Updated:

2021-12-09

RHSA-2021:5047 - 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 8.2 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 8.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.2 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.2 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.2 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.2 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 8.2

SRPM

thunderbird-91.4.0-2.el8_2.src.rpm

SHA-256: 815dde28b7bd3f070495e7617423cb2d5ad34c1c6684afbd3fbf9497e66075f6

x86_64

thunderbird-91.4.0-2.el8_2.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: fac8f71ba48a47c31cf044a826d5ec027381bd9d4e38032856cb72fe9b0a2c11

thunderbird-debuginfo-91.4.0-2.el8_2.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: c7e007960154ee8c3f7580619b09fd9e9479985fab19aebfced1dd8ea7dc9663

thunderbird-debugsource-91.4.0-2.el8_2.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: 2eed59c38577d7ee52b8e6d88e35528b46d045d8bec0459c2833fac7b1b7eb43

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.2

SRPM

thunderbird-91.4.0-2.el8_2.src.rpm

SHA-256: 815dde28b7bd3f070495e7617423cb2d5ad34c1c6684afbd3fbf9497e66075f6

x86_64

thunderbird-91.4.0-2.el8_2.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: fac8f71ba48a47c31cf044a826d5ec027381bd9d4e38032856cb72fe9b0a2c11

thunderbird-debuginfo-91.4.0-2.el8_2.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: c7e007960154ee8c3f7580619b09fd9e9479985fab19aebfced1dd8ea7dc9663

thunderbird-debugsource-91.4.0-2.el8_2.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: 2eed59c38577d7ee52b8e6d88e35528b46d045d8bec0459c2833fac7b1b7eb43

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.2

SRPM

thunderbird-91.4.0-2.el8_2.src.rpm

SHA-256: 815dde28b7bd3f070495e7617423cb2d5ad34c1c6684afbd3fbf9497e66075f6

ppc64le

thunderbird-91.4.0-2.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm

SHA-256: f7490d133bdd1b4465f2c32541ce13d7aae18ebdf616a154d9c9585579177181

thunderbird-debuginfo-91.4.0-2.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm

SHA-256: b1d462afdac3c9cc386a80f2605be8e1e3ef906276ac42852a558e0fbaee57be

thunderbird-debugsource-91.4.0-2.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm

SHA-256: 2d48e538df2b70dde6935af9763930f2d1b5113e9fdde8964100411f21fb5b21

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.2

SRPM

thunderbird-91.4.0-2.el8_2.src.rpm

SHA-256: 815dde28b7bd3f070495e7617423cb2d5ad34c1c6684afbd3fbf9497e66075f6

x86_64

thunderbird-91.4.0-2.el8_2.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: fac8f71ba48a47c31cf044a826d5ec027381bd9d4e38032856cb72fe9b0a2c11

thunderbird-debuginfo-91.4.0-2.el8_2.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: c7e007960154ee8c3f7580619b09fd9e9479985fab19aebfced1dd8ea7dc9663

thunderbird-debugsource-91.4.0-2.el8_2.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: 2eed59c38577d7ee52b8e6d88e35528b46d045d8bec0459c2833fac7b1b7eb43

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.2

SRPM

thunderbird-91.4.0-2.el8_2.src.rpm

SHA-256: 815dde28b7bd3f070495e7617423cb2d5ad34c1c6684afbd3fbf9497e66075f6

aarch64

thunderbird-91.4.0-2.el8_2.aarch64.rpm

SHA-256: 37c1ce1e2d37965576f840c25cfbe90ebce846c08420cc0fbb7101083fddb8c5

thunderbird-debuginfo-91.4.0-2.el8_2.aarch64.rpm

SHA-256: 72adf45a6ffd79e7040665e61e0a03a7a9d0aff345af3e07718a55100ed43df4

thunderbird-debugsource-91.4.0-2.el8_2.aarch64.rpm

SHA-256: ce9972bc5000e47b0b6641e805be2568cd1132416942362e49baaabb0cefba3e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.2

SRPM

thunderbird-91.4.0-2.el8_2.src.rpm

SHA-256: 815dde28b7bd3f070495e7617423cb2d5ad34c1c6684afbd3fbf9497e66075f6

ppc64le

thunderbird-91.4.0-2.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm

SHA-256: f7490d133bdd1b4465f2c32541ce13d7aae18ebdf616a154d9c9585579177181

thunderbird-debuginfo-91.4.0-2.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm

SHA-256: b1d462afdac3c9cc386a80f2605be8e1e3ef906276ac42852a558e0fbaee57be

thunderbird-debugsource-91.4.0-2.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm

SHA-256: 2d48e538df2b70dde6935af9763930f2d1b5113e9fdde8964100411f21fb5b21

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.2

SRPM

thunderbird-91.4.0-2.el8_2.src.rpm

SHA-256: 815dde28b7bd3f070495e7617423cb2d5ad34c1c6684afbd3fbf9497e66075f6

x86_64

thunderbird-91.4.0-2.el8_2.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: fac8f71ba48a47c31cf044a826d5ec027381bd9d4e38032856cb72fe9b0a2c11

thunderbird-debuginfo-91.4.0-2.el8_2.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: c7e007960154ee8c3f7580619b09fd9e9479985fab19aebfced1dd8ea7dc9663

thunderbird-debugsource-91.4.0-2.el8_2.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: 2eed59c38577d7ee52b8e6d88e35528b46d045d8bec0459c2833fac7b1b7eb43

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