Thunderbird ESR 17.x < 17.0.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 65804

Synopsis

The remote Mac OS X host contains a mail client that is potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The installed version of Thunderbird ESR 17.x is prior to 17.0.5 and is, therefore, potentially affected the following vulnerabilities :

- Various memory safety issues exist. (CVE-2013-0788)

- An out-of-bounds memory read error exists related to 'CERT_DecodeCertPackage' and certificate decoding.
(CVE-2013-0791)

- An error exists related to navigation, history and improper 'baseURI' property values that could allow cross-site scripting attacks. (CVE-2013-0793)

- An error exists related to 'cloneNode' that can allow 'System Only Wrapper' (SOW) to be bypassed, thus violating the same origin policy and possibly leading to privilege escalation and code execution.
(CVE-2013-0795)

- An out-of-bounds write error exists related to the Cairo graphics library. (CVE-2013-0800)

Solution

Upgrade to Thunderbird ESR 17.0.5 or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-30/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-31/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-36/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-38/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-40/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 65804

File Name: macosx_thunderbird_17_0_5_esr.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 4/4/2013

Updated: 11/27/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-0795

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:thunderbird

Required KB Items: MacOSX/Thunderbird/Installed

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/2/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/2/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-0788, CVE-2013-0791, CVE-2013-0793, CVE-2013-0795, CVE-2013-0800

BID: 58819, 58825, 58826, 58836, 58837