Mozilla / Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities (deprecated)

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2288

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

The remote host is running a vulnerable version of Mozilla or Mozilla Thunderbird mail client. It is reported that this version of Mozilla or Mozilla Thunderbird is vulnerable to several flaws that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the remote host. To exploit this flaw, an attacker would need to send a rogue email to a victim on the remote host.

Solution

Upgrade or patch according to vendor recommendations.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 2288

Family: SMTP Clients

Published: 9/15/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0903, CVE-2004-0904

BID: 11174, 11171, 11170