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Fedora 10 : thunderbird-2.0.0.21-1.fc10 (2009-2882)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 36827
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed HTML mail content. An HTML mail message containing malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2009-0040, CVE-2009-0352, CVE-2009-0353, CVE-2009-0772, CVE-2009-0774, CVE-2009-0775) Several flaws were found in the way malformed content was processed. An HTML mail message containing specially crafted content could potentially trick a Thunderbird user into surrendering sensitive information.(CVE-2009-0355, CVE-2009-0776) Note: JavaScript support is disabled by default in Thunderbird. None of the above issues are exploitable unless JavaScript is enabled.
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected thunderbird package.See Also
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=483139
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=483141
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=483143
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=486355
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=488273
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=488283
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=488287
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 36827
File Name: fedora_2009-2882.nasl
Version: 1.15
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 4/23/2009
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:10, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:thunderbird
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 3/21/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-0040, CVE-2009-0352, CVE-2009-0353, CVE-2009-0355, CVE-2009-0772, CVE-2009-0774, CVE-2009-0775, CVE-2009-0776