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Mozilla Thunderbird < 8.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities
high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 6789
Synopsis
The remote host has an email client installed that is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors.Description
Versions of Mozilla Thunderbird prior to 8.0 are affected by the following security issues :- Certain invalid sequences are not handled properly in 'Shift-JIS' encoding and can allow cross-site scripting attacks. (CVE-2011-3648)
- The addition of the 'Azure' graphics functionality re-introduced a cross-origin information disclosure issue previously described in CVE-2011-2986. (CVE-2011-3649)
- Profiling JavaScript files with many functions can cause the application to crash. It may be possible to trigger this behavior even when the debugging APIs are not being used. (CVE-2011-3650)
- Multiple memory safety issues exist. (CVE-2011-3651)
- An unchecked memory allocation failure can cause the application to crash. (CVE-2011-3652)
- An issue with WebGL graphics and GPU drivers can allow cross-origin image theft. (CVE-2011-3653)
- An error exists related to SVG 'mpath' linking to a non-SVG element and can result in potentially exploitable application crashes. (CVE-2011-3654)
- An error in internal privilege checking can allow web content to obtain elevated privileges. (CVE-2011-3655)
Solution
Upgrade to Thunderbird 8.0 or later.See Also
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-47.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-49.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-48.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-50.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-51.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-52.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 6789
Family: SMTP Clients
Published: 5/6/2013
Updated: 3/6/2019
Nessus ID: 56753
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 7.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.1
Temporal Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:thunderbird
Patch Publication Date: 11/8/2011
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/8/2011
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2011-3648, CVE-2011-3649, CVE-2011-3650, CVE-2011-3651, CVE-2011-3652, CVE-2011-3653, CVE-2011-3654, CVE-2011-3655