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RHEL 4 / 5 : thunderbird (RHSA-2007:0723)

high Nessus Plugin ID 25752

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

Updated thunderbird packages that fix several security bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

Several flaws were found in the way Thunderbird processed certain malformed JavaScript code. A malicious HTML email message containing JavaScript code could cause Thunderbird to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code as the user running Thunderbird. JavaScript support is disabled by default in Thunderbird; these issues are not exploitable unless the user has enabled JavaScript. (CVE-2007-3089, CVE-2007-3734, CVE-2007-3735, CVE-2007-3736, CVE-2007-3737, CVE-2007-3738)

Users of Thunderbird are advised to upgrade to these erratum packages, which contain backported patches that correct these issues.

Solution

Update the affected thunderbird package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-3089

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-3734

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-3735

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-3736

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-3737

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-3738

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0723

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 25752

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2007-0723.nasl

Version: 1.26

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/23/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:thunderbird, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/18/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/6/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-3089, CVE-2007-3734, CVE-2007-3735, CVE-2007-3736, CVE-2007-3737, CVE-2007-3738

BID: 24946

RHSA: 2007:0723