Detections
Analytics
Mozilla Thunderbird < 2.0.0.19 Multiple Vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 35287
Synopsis
The remote Windows host contains a mail client that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.Description
The installed version of Thunderbird is earlier than 2.0.0.19. Such versions are potentially affected by the following security issues :- There are several stability bugs in the browser engine that could lead to crashes with evidence of memory corruption. (MFSA 2008-60)
- XBL bindings can be used to read data from other domains. (MFSA 2008-61)
- Sensitive data could be disclosed in an XHR response when an XMLHttpRequest is made to a same-origin resource, which 302 redirects to a resource in a different domain. (MFSA 2008-64)
- A website may be able to access a limited amount of data from a different domain by loading a same-domain JavaScript URL, which redirects to an off-domain target resource containing data that is not parsable as JavaScript. (MFSA 2008-65)
- Errors arise when parsing URLs with leading whitespace and control characters. (MFSA 2008-66)
- An escaped null byte is ignored by the CSS parser and treated as if it was not present in the CSS input string. (MFSA 2008-67)
- XSS and JavaScript privilege escalation are possible.
(MFSA 2008-68)
Solution
Upgrade to Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 or later.See Also
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-60/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-61/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-64/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-65/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-66/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-67/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-68/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 35287
File Name: mozilla_thunderbird_20019.nasl
Version: 1.16
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows
Published: 1/2/2009
Updated: 11/15/2018
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:thunderbird
Required KB Items: Mozilla/Thunderbird/Version
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/16/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-5500, CVE-2008-5503, CVE-2008-5506, CVE-2008-5507, CVE-2008-5508, CVE-2008-5510, CVE-2008-5511, CVE-2008-5512
BID: 32882