Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.x < 3.1.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Log Correlation Engine Plugin ID 801315

Synopsis

The remote host has a web browser installed that is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors.

Description

Versions of Thunderbird 3.1.x earlier than 3.1.7 are potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- Multiple memory corruption issues could lead to arbitrary code execution. (MFSA 2010-74)

- On the Windows platform, when 'document.write()' is called with a very long string a buffer overflow could be triggered. (MFSA 2010-75)

- Downloadable fonts could expose vulnerabilities in the underlying OS font code. (MFSA 2010-78)

Solution

Upgrade to Thunderbird 3.1.7 or later.

See Also

http://.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/thunderbird31.html#thunderbird3.1.7

http://.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-74.html

http://.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-75.html

http://.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-78.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 801315

Family: SMTP Clients

Published: 12/10/2010

Nessus ID: 51123

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

Patch Publication Date: 12/9/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/9/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-3768, CVE-2010-3769, CVE-2010-3776, CVE-2010-3777, CVE-2010-3778

BID: 45344, 45345, 45347, 45348, 45352