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CentOS 4 : thunderbird (CESA-2011:0312)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 52508
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Synopsis
The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.Description
An updated thunderbird package that fixes several security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.
Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.
Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed HTML content.
Malicious HTML content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2011-0051, CVE-2011-0053)
Note: JavaScript support is disabled by default in Thunderbird. The above issues are not exploitable unless JavaScript is enabled.
All Thunderbird users should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves these issues. All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
Solution
Update the affected thunderbird package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 52508
File Name: centos_RHSA-2011-0312.nasl
Version: 1.11
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 3/3/2011
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
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: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:thunderbird, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 3/3/2011
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/2/2011
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2011-0051, CVE-2011-0053
RHSA: 2011:0312