Mozilla Thunderbird 24.x < 24.8.1 NSS Signature Verification Vulnerability (Mac OS X)

high Nessus Plugin ID 77902

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Synopsis

The remote Mac OS X host contains a mail client that is affected by a signature forgery vulnerability.

Description

The version of Thunderbird 24.x installed on the remote host is prior to 24.8.1. It is, therefore, affected by a flaw in the Network Security Services (NSS) library, which is due to lenient parsing of ASN.1 values involved in a signature and can lead to the forgery of RSA signatures, such as SSL certificates.

Solution

Upgrade to Thunderbird 24.8.1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 77902

File Name: macosx_thunderbird_24_8_1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 9/26/2014

Updated: 11/25/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-1568

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:thunderbird

Required KB Items: MacOSX/Thunderbird/Installed

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/24/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-1568

BID: 70116

CERT: 772676

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