Debian DSA-2406-1 : icedove - several vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 57879

Synopsis

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

Description

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Icedove, Debian's variant of the Mozilla Thunderbird code base.

- CVE-2011-3670 Icedove does not not properly enforce the IPv6 literal address syntax, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by making XMLHttpRequest calls through a proxy and reading the error messages.

- CVE-2012-0442 Memory corruption bugs could cause Icedove to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.

- CVE-2012-0444 Icedove does not properly initialize nsChildView data structures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Ogg Vorbis file.

- CVE-2012-0449 Icedove allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed XSLT stylesheet that is embedded in a document.

Solution

Upgrade the icedove packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.11-1+squeeze7.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3670

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0442

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0444

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0449

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2406

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 57879

File Name: debian_DSA-2406.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/10/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:icedove, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/9/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3670, CVE-2012-0442, CVE-2012-0444, CVE-2012-0449

BID: 51753, 51754, 51756, 51786

DSA: 2406