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Mozilla Thunderbird < 13.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities
high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 6498
Synopsis
The remote host has an email client installed that is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors.Description
Versions of Mozilla Thunderbird prior to 13.0 are affected by the following security issues :- An error exists in the ASN.1 decoder when handling zero length items that can lead to application crashes. (CVE-2012-0441)
- Multiple memory corruption errors exist. (CVE-2012-1937, CVE-2012-1038)
- Two heap-based buffer overflows and one heap-based use-after-free error exist and are potentially exploitable. (CVE-2012-1940, CVE-2012-1941, CVE-2012-1947)
- Two arbitrary DLL load issues exist related to the application update and update service functionality. (CVE-2012-1942, CVE-2012-1943)
- The inline-script blocking feature of the 'Content Security Policy' (CSP) does not properly block inline event handlers. This error allows remote attackers to more easily carry out cross-site scripting attacks. (CVE-2012-1944)
- A use-after-free error exists related to replacing or inserting a node into a web document. (CVE-2012-1946)
Solution
Upgrade to Thunderbird 13.0 or later.See Also
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-34.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-35.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-36.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-38.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-39.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-40.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 6498
Family: SMTP Clients
Published: 6/7/2012
Updated: 3/6/2019
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 6.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.1
Temporal Score: 7.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:thunderbird
Patch Publication Date: 6/5/2012
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/5/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-0441, CVE-2012-1937, CVE-2012-1938, CVE-2012-1939, CVE-2012-1940, CVE-2012-1941, CVE-2012-1942, CVE-2012-1943, CVE-2012-1944, CVE-2012-1945, CVE-2012-1946, CVE-2012-1947
BID: 53791, 53792, 53793, 53794, 53796, 53797, 53799, 53800, 53801, 53798, 53803, 53807