Mozilla Thunderbird < 2.0.0.18 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 34819

Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains a mail client that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The installed version of Thunderbird is earlier than 2.0.0.18. Such versions are potentially affected by the following security issues :

- The canvas element can be used in conjunction with an HTTP redirect to bypass same-origin restrictions and gain access to the content in arbitrary images from other domains. (MFSA 2008-48)

- By tampering with the window.__proto__.__proto__ object, one can cause the browser to place a lock on a non- native object, leading to a crash and possible code execution. (MFSA 2008-50)

- There are several stability bugs in the browser engine that could lead to crashes with evidence of memory corruption. (MFSA 2008-52)

- Crashes and remote code execution in nsFrameManager are possible by modifying certain properties of a file input element before it has finished initializing.
(MFSA 2008-55)

- The same-origin check in 'nsXMLHttpRequest::NotifyEventListeners()' can be bypassed. (MFSA 2008-56)

- There is an error in the method used to parse the default namespace in an E4X document caused by quote characters in the namespace not being properly escaped.
(MFSA 2008-58)

- Scripts in a malicous mail message can access the .document URI and .textContext DOM properties.
(MFSA 2008-59)

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-48/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-50/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-52/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-55/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-56/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-58/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-59/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 34819

File Name: mozilla_thunderbird_20018.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 11/20/2008

Updated: 7/16/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.1

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: cpe:/a:mozilla:thunderbird

Required KB Items: Mozilla/Thunderbird/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/12/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5012, CVE-2008-5014, CVE-2008-5016, CVE-2008-5017, CVE-2008-5018, CVE-2008-5021, CVE-2008-5022, CVE-2008-5024, CVE-2008-5052, CVE-2008-6961

BID: 32281, 32351, 32363

CWE: 189, 20, 200, 287, 399, 94

Secunia: 32715