Mozilla Thunderbird 17.x through 23.x Multiple Vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 69995

Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains a mail client that is potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The installed version of Thunderbird is 17.x or later but prior to 24. It is, therefore, potentially affected the following vulnerabilities:

- Memory issues exist in the browser engine that could allow for denial of service or arbitrary code execution.
(CVE-2013-1718, CVE-2013-1719)

- The HTML5 Tree Builder does not properly maintain states, which could result in a denial of service or possible arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2013-1720)

- The ANGLE library is vulnerable to an integer overflow, which could result in a denial of service or arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2013-1721)

- Multiple use-after-free problems exist, which could result in denial of service attacks or arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2013-1722, CVE-2013-1724, CVE-2013-1735, CVE-2013-1736, CVE-2013-1738)

- The NativeKey widget does not properly terminate key messages, possibly leading to a denial of service attack.
(CVE-2013-1723)

- Incorrect scope handling for JavaScript objects with compartments could result in denial of service or possibly arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2013-1725)

- Local users can gain the same privileges as the Mozilla Updater because the application does not ensure exclusive access to the update file. An attacker could exploit this by inserting a malicious file into the update file. (CVE-2013-1726)

- Sensitive information can be obtained via unspecified vectors because the IonMonkey JavaScript does not properly initialize memory. (CVE-2013-1728)

- A JavaScript compartment mismatch could result in a denial of service or arbitrary code execution. Versions of Firefox 20 or greater are not susceptible to the arbitrary code execution mentioned above.
(CVE-2013-1730)

- A buffer overflow is possible because of an issue with multi-column layouts. (CVE-2013-1732)

- An object is not properly identified during use of user-defined getter methods on DOM proxies. This could result in access restrictions being bypassed.
(CVE-2013-1737)

- An input validation error exists related to email messages containing HTML and iframes and the action of replying to or forwarding such messages that could allow cross-site scripting attacks. (CVE-2013-6674)

- An input validation error exists related to email messages containing HTML and object or embed elements that could allow cross-site scripting attacks.
(CVE-2014-2018)

Solution

Upgrade to Thunderbird 24 or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-76/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-77/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-78/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-79/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-80/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-81/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-82/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-83/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-85/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-88/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-89/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-90/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-91/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-92/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2014-14/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 69995

File Name: mozilla_thunderbird_24.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 9/19/2013

Updated: 11/27/2019

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-1736

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:thunderbird

Required KB Items: Mozilla/Thunderbird/Version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/17/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/17/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1718, CVE-2013-1719, CVE-2013-1720, CVE-2013-1721, CVE-2013-1722, CVE-2013-1723, CVE-2013-1724, CVE-2013-1725, CVE-2013-1726, CVE-2013-1728, CVE-2013-1730, CVE-2013-1732, CVE-2013-1735, CVE-2013-1736, CVE-2013-1737, CVE-2013-1738, CVE-2013-6674, CVE-2014-2018

BID: 62469, 62470, 62472, 62473, 62475, 62478, 62479, 62482, 65158, 65620, 62460, 62462, 62463, 62464, 62465, 62466, 62467, 62468

CWE: 20, 442, 629, 711, 712, 722, 725, 74, 750, 751, 79, 800, 801, 809, 811, 864, 900, 928, 931, 990

CERT: 863369