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GLSA-200703-18 : Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 24867
Synopsis
The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200703-18 (Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities)Georgi Guninski reported a possible integer overflow in the code handling text/enhanced or text/richtext MIME emails. Additionally, various researchers reported errors in the JavaScript engine potentially leading to memory corruption. Additionally, the binary version of Mozilla Thunderbird includes a vulnerable NSS library which contains two possible buffer overflows involving the SSLv2 protocol.
Impact :
An attacker could entice a user to read a specially crafted email that could trigger one of the vulnerabilities, some of them being related to Mozilla Thunderbird's handling of JavaScript, possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time for all of these issues, but some of them can be avoided by disabling JavaScript. Note that the execution of JavaScript is disabled by default and enabling it is strongly discouraged.
Solution
All Mozilla Thunderbird users should upgrade to the latest version:# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-1.5.0.10' All Mozilla Thunderbird binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-bin-1.5.0.10'
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 24867
File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200703-18.nasl
Version: 1.17
Type: local
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Published: 3/19/2007
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.3
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 6.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mozilla-thunderbird, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mozilla-thunderbird-bin, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/18/2007
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/23/2007
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-0008, CVE-2007-0009, CVE-2007-0775, CVE-2007-0776, CVE-2007-0777, CVE-2007-1282