Detections
Analytics
Mozilla Thunderbird < 2.0.0.23 Certificate Authority (CA) Common Name Null Byte Handling SSL MiTM Weakness
medium Nessus Plugin ID 40664
Synopsis
The remote Windows host contains a mail client that is affected by a security bypass vulnerability.Description
The installed version of Thunderbird is earlier than 2.0.0.23. Such versions are potentially affected by the following security issue :- The client can be fooled into trusting a malicious SSL server certificate with a null character in the host name.
(MFSA 2009-42)
Solution
Upgrade to Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 or later.See Also
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2009-42/
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 40664
File Name: mozilla_thunderbird_20023.nasl
Version: 1.14
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows
Published: 8/21/2009
Updated: 7/16/2018
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.8
Temporal Score: 4.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:thunderbird
Required KB Items: Mozilla/Thunderbird/Version
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/20/2009
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/30/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-2408
BID: 35888