RHEL 4 : thunderbird (RHSA-2005:337)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 17628

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

Updated thunderbird packages that fix various bugs are now available.

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

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

A buffer overflow bug was found in the way Thunderbird processes GIF images. It is possible for an attacker to create a specially crafted GIF image, which when viewed by a victim will execute arbitrary code as the victim. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0399 to this issue.

A bug was found in the Thunderbird string handling functions. If a malicious website is able to exhaust a system's memory, it becomes possible to execute arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0255 to this issue.

Users of Thunderbird are advised to upgrade to this updated package which contains Thunderbird version 1.0.2 and is not vulnerable to these issues.

Solution

Update the affected thunderbird package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2005-0255

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2005-0399

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:337

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 17628

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-337.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/25/2005

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: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

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

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: 3/23/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/2/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0255, CVE-2005-0399

RHSA: 2005:337