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GLSA-200612-06 : Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 23858

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-200612-06 (Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 It has been identified that Mozilla Thunderbird improperly handles Script objects while they are being executed, allowing them to be modified during execution. JavaScript is disabled in Mozilla Thunderbird by default. Mozilla Thunderbird has also been found to be vulnerable to various potential buffer overflows. Lastly, the binary release of Mozilla Thunderbird is vulnerable to a low exponent RSA signature forgery issue because it is bundled with a vulnerable version of NSS.
 Impact :

 An attacker could entice a user to view a specially crafted email that causes a buffer overflow and again executes arbitrary code or causes a Denial of Service. An attacker could also entice a user to view an email containing specially crafted JavaScript and execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user running Mozilla Thunderbird. It is important to note that JavaScript is off by default in Mozilla Thunderbird, and enabling it is strongly discouraged. It is also possible for an attacker to create SSL/TLS or email certificates that would not be detected as invalid by the binary release of Mozilla Thunderbird, raising the possibility for Man-in-the-Middle attacks.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

Users upgrading to the following releases of Mozilla Thunderbird should note that this version of Mozilla Thunderbird has been found to not display certain messages in some cases.
 All Mozilla Thunderbird users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-1.5.0.8' All Mozilla Thunderbird binary release users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-bin-1.5.0.8'

See Also

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=360409

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200612-06

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 23858

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200612-06.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 12/14/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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: 12/10/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/14/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-5462, CVE-2006-5463, CVE-2006-5464, CVE-2006-5747, CVE-2006-5748

BID: 19849

GLSA: 200612-06