Thunderbird 10.0.x < 10.0.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)

high Nessus Plugin ID 59406

Synopsis

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

Description

The installed version of Thunderbird 10.0.x is potentially 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-2012-1939)

- 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)

- 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 10.0.5 ESR or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2012-34/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2012-36/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2012-38/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2012-39/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2012-40/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 59406

File Name: macosx_thunderbird_10_0_5.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 6/7/2012

Updated: 7/14/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:thunderbird

Required KB Items: MacOSX/Thunderbird/Installed

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/5/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/5/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0441, CVE-2012-1937, CVE-2012-1939, CVE-2012-1940, CVE-2012-1941, CVE-2012-1944, CVE-2012-1946, CVE-2012-1947

BID: 53792, 53793, 53794, 53797, 53798, 53800, 53801, 53791

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