Debian DSA-4802-1 : thunderbird - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 143509

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Chiaki Ishikawa discovered a stack overflow in SMTP server status handling which could potentially result in the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the thunderbird packages.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 1:78.5.1-1~deb10u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/thunderbird

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/thunderbird

https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4802

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 143509

File Name: debian_DSA-4802.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/7/2020

Updated: 2/6/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-26970

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/3/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/9/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-26970

DSA: 4802