Mozilla Thunderbird < 2.0.0.24 Multiple Vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 45110
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Synopsis
The remote Windows host contains a mail client that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.Description
The installed version of Thunderbird is earlier than 2.0.0.24. Such versions are potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities :- The columns of a XUL tree element can be manipulated in a particular way that would leave a pointer owned by the column pointing to freed memory. (MFSA 2009-49)
- A heap-based buffer overflow exists in Mozilla's string to floating point number conversion routines. (MFSA 2009-59)
- It is possible to obfuscate the name of files to be downloaded by using a right-to-left override character (RTL). (MFSA 2009-62)
- Multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities exist that may result in the execution of arbitrary code. (MFSA 2010-07)
Solution
Upgrade to Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 or later.See Also
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2010-07/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2009-62/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2009-59/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2009-49/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 45110
File Name: mozilla_thunderbird_20024.nasl
Version: 1.15
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows
Published: 3/19/2010
Updated: 7/16/2018
Dependencies: mozilla_org_installed.nasl
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 7.3
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Temporal Vector: E:POC/RL:OF/RC: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: 3/16/2010
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/9/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-0689, CVE-2009-2463, CVE-2009-3072, CVE-2009-3075, CVE-2009-3077, CVE-2009-3376, CVE-2010-0161, CVE-2010-0163