RHEL 4 : thunderbird (RHSA-2005:094)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 17184

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated Thunderbird package that fixes a security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

A bug was found in the way Thunderbird handled cookies when loading content over HTTP regardless of the user's preference. It is possible that a particular user could be tracked through the use of malicious mail messages which load content over HTTP. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0149 to this issue.

Users of Thunderbird are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains Thunderbird version 1.0 and is not vulnerable to this issue.

Solution

Update the affected thunderbird package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2005-0146

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2005-0149

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:094

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 17184

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-094.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/22/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:thunderbird, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 2/15/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/15/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0146, CVE-2005-0149

RHSA: 2005:094