Scientific Linux alert SL-thun-20110816 (thunderbird)

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Troy Dawson <dawson@fnal.gov> 
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"scientific-linux-errata@fnal.gov" <scientific-linux-errata@fnal.gov> 
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Security ERRATA Critical: thunderbird on SL6.x i386/x86_64 
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Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:25:51 -0500
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Synopsis:    Critical: thunderbird security update
Issue Date:  2011-08-16
CVE Numbers: CVE-2011-2982
              CVE-2011-0084
              CVE-2011-2378


Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed HTML content.
Malicious HTML content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially,
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running 
Thunderbird. (CVE-2011-2982)

A dangling pointer flaw was found in the Thunderbird Scalable Vector
Graphics (SVG) text manipulation routine. An HTML mail message 
containing a malicious SVG image could cause Thunderbird to crash or, 
potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user 
running Thunderbird. (CVE-2011-0084)

A dangling pointer flaw was found in the way Thunderbird handled a 
certain Document Object Model (DOM) element. An HTML mail message 
containing malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, 
potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user 
running Thunderbird. (CVE-2011-2378)

All Thunderbird users should upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves these issues. All running instances of Thunderbird must be
restarted for the update to take effect.

SL6:
   i386
      thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.i686.rpm
   x86_64
      thunderbird-3.1.12-1.el6_1.x86_64.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team