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RHEL 6 : thunderbird (RHSA-2011:1439)
high Nessus Plugin ID 56743
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
An updated thunderbird package that fixes multiple security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical 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.
A flaw was found in the way Thunderbird handled certain add-ons.
Malicious, remote content could cause an add-on to elevate its privileges, which could lead to arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2011-3647)
A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in the way Thunderbird handled certain multibyte character sets. Malicious, remote content could cause Thunderbird to run JavaScript code with the permissions of different remote content. (CVE-2011-3648)
A flaw was found in the way Thunderbird handled large JavaScript scripts. Malicious, remote content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2011-3650)
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 and / or thunderbird-debuginfo packages.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3647
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3648
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 56743
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2011-1439.nasl
Version: 1.20
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/9/2011
Updated: 1/14/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:thunderbird, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:thunderbird-debuginfo, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.1
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/8/2011
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/9/2011
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2011-3647, CVE-2011-3648, CVE-2011-3650
RHSA: 2011:1439