Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 17.04 / 17.10 : thunderbird vulnerabilities (USN-3490-1)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 104995
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.Description
Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing-like context, an attacker could potentially exploit these to bypass same-origin restrictions, cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-7826, CVE-2017-7828, CVE-2017-7830).Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected thunderbird package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 104995
File Name: ubuntu_USN-3490-1.nasl
Version: 3.6
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 12/4/2017
Updated: 9/18/2019
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 7.4
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:thunderbird, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/1/2017
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2017-7826, CVE-2017-7828, CVE-2017-7830
USN: 3490-1