The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3529-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that a From address encoded with a null character is cut off in the message header     display. An attacker could potentially exploit this to spoof the sender address. (CVE-2017-7829)

    It was discovered that it is possible to execute JavaScript in RSS feeds in some circumstances. If a user     were tricked in to opening a specially crafted RSS feed, an attacker could potentially exploit this in     combination with another vulnerability, in order to cause unspecified problems. (CVE-2017-7846)

    It was discovered that the RSS feed can leak local path names. If a user were tricked in to opening a     specially crafted RSS feed, an attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive information.
    (CVE-2017-7847)

    It was discovered that RSS feeds are vulnerable to new line injection. If a user were tricked in to     opening a specially crafted RSS feed, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause unspecified     problems. (CVE-2017-7848)

    Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially     crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of     service, execute arbitrary code, or cause other unspecified effects. (CVE-2018-5089, CVE-2018-5095,     CVE-2018-5096, CVE-2018-5097, CVE-2018-5098, CVE-2018-5099, CVE-2018-5102, CVE-2018-5103, CVE-2018-5104,     CVE-2018-5117)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Thunderbird vulnerabilities (USN-3529-1)

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