RHEL 4 : thunderbird (RHSA-2005:601)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 19277

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for thunderbird.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2005:601 advisory.

- security flaw (CVE-2005-0989, CVE-2005-1159, CVE-2005-1160, CVE-2005-1532, CVE-2005-2261, CVE-2005-2265, CVE-2005-2266, CVE-2005-2269, CVE-2005-2270)

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

Solution

Update the RHEL thunderbird package based on the guidance in RHSA-2005:601.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 19277

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-601.nasl

Version: 1.34

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 7/22/2005

Updated: 4/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2005-2270

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2005-1159

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/21/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/2/2005

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Mozilla Suite/Firefox compareTo() Code Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0989, CVE-2005-1159, CVE-2005-1160, CVE-2005-1532, CVE-2005-2261, CVE-2005-2265, CVE-2005-2266, CVE-2005-2269, CVE-2005-2270

RHSA: 2005:601

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