Debian DSA-3491-1 : icedove - security update (SLOTH)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 88943

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Multiple security issues have been found in Icedove, Debian's version of the Mozilla Thunderbird mail client: Multiple memory safety errors, integer overflows, buffer overflows and other implementation errors may lead to the execution of arbitrary code or denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade the icedove packages.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 38.6.0-1~deb7u1.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 38.6.0-1~deb8u1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/icedove

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/icedove

https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3491

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 88943

File Name: debian_DSA-3491.nasl

Version: 2.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/25/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:icedove, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 2/24/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-7575, CVE-2016-1523, CVE-2016-1526, CVE-2016-1930, CVE-2016-1935

DSA: 3491