Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1 < 3.1.9 Invalid HTTP Certificates

medium Nessus Plugin ID 52768

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Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains a mail client with an out-of-date SSL certificate blacklist.

Description

The installed version of Thunderbird 3.1 is earlier than 3.1.9. Such versions have an out-of-date SSL certificate blacklist.

A certificate authority (CA) has revoked a number of fraudulent SSL certificates for several prominent public websites.

If an attacker can trick someone into using the affected browser and visiting a malicious site using one of the fraudulent certificates, he may be able to fool that user into believing the site is a legitimate one. In turn, the user could send credentials to the malicious site or download and install applications.

Solution

Upgrade to Thunderbird 3.1.9 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 52768

File Name: mozilla_thunderbird_319.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 3/23/2011

Updated: 11/15/2018

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:thunderbird

Required KB Items: Mozilla/Thunderbird/Version

Patch Publication Date: 3/22/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/22/2011

Detections

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