Fedora 8 : thunderbird-2.0.0.18-1.fc8 (2008-9807)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 34836

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VPR Score: 7.4

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update update upgrades thunderbird packages to upstream version 2.0.0.18, which fixes multiple security issues detailed in upstream security advisories: http://www.mozilla.org/security/known- vulnerabilities/thunderbird20.html#thunderbird2.0.0.17 http://www.mozilla.org/security/known- vulnerabilities/thunderbird20.html#thunderbird2.0.0.18

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 34836

File Name: fedora_2008-9807.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 11/21/2008

Updated: 1/11/2021

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Critical

VPR Score: 7.4

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Temporal Vector: E:F/RL:OF/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:thunderbird, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:8

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/21/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/24/2008

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-0016, CVE-2008-3835, CVE-2008-4058, CVE-2008-4059, CVE-2008-4060, CVE-2008-4061, CVE-2008-4062, CVE-2008-4065, CVE-2008-4066, CVE-2008-4067, CVE-2008-4068, CVE-2008-4070, CVE-2008-5012, CVE-2008-5014, CVE-2008-5016, CVE-2008-5017, CVE-2008-5018, CVE-2008-5021, CVE-2008-5022, CVE-2008-5024

BID: 31346, 31397, 31411, 32281

FEDORA: 2008-9807

CWE: 20, 22, 79, 94, 119, 189, 200, 264, 287, 399