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Oracle Linux 6 : thunderbird (ELSA-2012-1413)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 68648
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Synopsis
The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.Description
From Red Hat Security Advisory 2012:1413 :An updated thunderbird package that fixes multiple security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.
Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.
Multiple flaws were found in the location object implementation in Thunderbird. Malicious content could be used to perform cross-site scripting attacks, bypass the same-origin policy, or cause Thunderbird to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2012-4194, CVE-2012-4195, CVE-2012-4196)
Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Mariusz Mlynski, moz_bug_r_a4, and Antoine Delignat-Lavaud as the original reporters of these issues.
Note: None of the issues in this advisory can be exploited by a specially crafted HTML mail message as JavaScript is disabled by default for mail messages. They could be exploited another way in Thunderbird, for example, when viewing the full remote content of an RSS feed.
All Thunderbird users should upgrade to this updated package, which contains Thunderbird version 10.0.10 ESR, which corrects these issues.
After installing the update, Thunderbird must be restarted for the changes to take effect.
Solution
Update the affected thunderbird package.See Also
https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2012-October/003104.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 68648
File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-1413.nasl
Version: 1.11
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 7/12/2013
Updated: 1/14/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.4
Temporal Score: 4.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:thunderbird, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/30/2012
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/29/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-4194, CVE-2012-4195, CVE-2012-4196
RHSA: 2012:1413