Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.x < 3.1.6 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

high Log Correlation Engine Plugin ID 801237

Synopsis

The remote host has a web browser installed that is vulnerable to a buffer overflow attack.

Description

Versions of Thunderbird 3.1.x earlier than 3.1.6 are potentially affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability when mixing 'document.write()' and DOM insertions. (MFSA 2010-73)

Solution

Upgrade to Thunderbird 3.1.6 or later.

See Also

http://.norman.com/about_norman/press_center/news_archive/2010/129223

http://.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/thunderbird31.html#thunderbird3.1.6

http://.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-73.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 801237

Family: SMTP Clients

Published: 10/28/2010

Nessus ID: 50385

Vulnerability Information

Patch Publication Date: 10/27/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/26/2010

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Metasploit (Mozilla Firefox Interleaving document.write and appendChild Exploit)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-3765

BID: 44425