Mozilla Thunderbird < 31.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)

high Nessus Plugin ID 80521

Synopsis

The remote Mac OS X host contains a mail client that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Thunderbird installed on the remote Mac OS X host is prior to 31.4. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities :

- Multiple unspecified memory safety issues exist within the browser engine. (CVE-2014-8634, CVE-2014-8635)

- A flaw exists in 'navigator.sendBeacon()' in which it does not follow the cross-origin resource sharing specification. This results in requests from 'sendBeacon()' lacking an 'origin' header. This allows malicious sites to perform XSRF attacks. (CVE-2014-8638)

- A flaw exists when receiving 407 Proxy Authentication responses with a 'set-cookie' header. This can allow a session-fixation attack. (CVE-2014-8639)

Solution

Upgrade to Thunderbird 31.4 or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-01/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-03/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-04/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 80521

File Name: macosx_thunderbird_31_4.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 1/14/2015

Updated: 11/25/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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-2014-8635

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:thunderbird

Required KB Items: MacOSX/Thunderbird/Installed

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/13/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/13/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8634, CVE-2014-8635, CVE-2014-8638, CVE-2014-8639

BID: 72046, 72047, 72049, 72050

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