Mozilla Thunderbird < 2.0.0.16 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 33563

Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains a mail client that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The installed version of Thunderbird is affected by various security issues :

- Several stability bugs exist leading to crashes which, in some cases, show traces of memory corruption (MFSA 2008-21).

- By taking advantage of the privilege level stored in the pre-compiled 'fastload' file, an attacker may be able to run arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges (MFSA 2008-24).

- Arbitrary code execution is possible in 'mozIJSSubScriptLoader.loadSubScript()' (MFSA 2008-25).

- Several function calls in the MIME handling code use unsafe versions of string routines (MFSA 2008-26).

- An improperly encoded '.properties' file in an add-on can result in uninitialized memory being used, which could lead to data formerly used by other programs being exposed to the add-on code (MFSA 2008-29).

- A weakness in the trust model regarding alt names on peer-trusted certs could lead to spoofing secure connections to any other site (MFSA 2008-31).

- A crash in Mozilla's block reflow code could be used by an attacker to crash the browser and run arbitrary code on the victim's computer (MFSA 2008-33).

- By creating a very large number of references to a common CSS object, an attacker can overflow the CSS reference counter, causing a crash when the browser attempts to free the CSS object while still in use and allowing for arbitrary code execution (MFSA 2008-34).

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-31/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-33/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-34/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-21/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-24/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-25/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-26/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-29/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 33563

File Name: mozilla_thunderbird_20016.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 7/24/2008

Updated: 7/16/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:thunderbird

Required KB Items: Mozilla/Thunderbird/Version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/1/2008

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2785, CVE-2008-2798, CVE-2008-2799, CVE-2008-2802, CVE-2008-2803, CVE-2008-2807, CVE-2008-2809, CVE-2008-2811

BID: 29802, 30038

CWE: 189, 20, 200, 264, 399

Secunia: 30915