Mozilla Thunderbird < 78.1

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VPR Score: 6.7

Synopsis

A mail client installed on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Thunderbird installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 78.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2020-33 advisory.

 - Inappropriate implementation in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 84.0.4147.89 allowed an attacker in a privileged network position to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted SCTP stream. (CVE-2020-6514)

 - Use after free in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 81.0.4044.122 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
 (CVE-2020-6463)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Thunderbird version 78.1 or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-33/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 139318

File Name: mozilla_thunderbird_78_1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 8/4/2020

Updated: 8/17/2020

Dependencies: 20862

Risk Information

Risk Factor: High

VPR Score: 6.7

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15656

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Required KB Items: Mozilla/Thunderbird/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/28/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/21/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-6463, CVE-2020-6514, CVE-2020-15652, CVE-2020-15655, CVE-2020-15653, CVE-2020-15656, CVE-2020-15658, CVE-2020-15657, CVE-2020-15654, CVE-2020-15659

MFSA: 2020-33