Thunderbird < 17.0.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)
High Nessus Plugin ID 64720
Synopsis
The remote Mac OS X host contains a mail client that is potentially affected by several vulnerabilities.
Description
The installed version of Thunderbird is earlier than 17.0.3 and thus, is potentially affected by the following security issues :
- Numerous memory safety errors exist. (CVE-2013-0783, CVE-2013-0784)
- An out-of-bounds read error exists related to the handling of GIF images. (CVE-2013-0772)
- An error exists related to 'WebIDL' object wrapping that has an unspecified impact. (CVE-2013-0765)
- An error exists related to Chrome Object Wrappers (COW) or System Only Wrappers (SOW) that could allow security bypass. (CVE-2013-0773)
- The file system location of the active browser profile could be disclosed and used in further attacks.
(CVE-2013-0774)
- A use-after-free error exists in the function 'nsImageLoadingContent'. (CVE-2013-0775)
- Spoofing HTTPS URLs is possible due to an error related to proxy '407' responses and embedded script code.
(CVE-2013-0776)
- A heap-based use-after-free error exists in the function 'nsDisplayBoxShadowOuter::Paint'. (CVE-2013-0777)
- An out-of-bounds read error exists in the function 'ClusterIterator::NextCluster'. (CVE-2013-0778)
- An out-of-bounds read error exists in the function 'nsCodingStateMachine::NextState'. (CVE-2013-0779)
- A heap-based use-after-free error exists in the function 'nsOverflowContinuationTracker::Finish'. (CVE-2013-0780)
- A heap-based use-after-free error exists in the function 'nsPrintEngine::CommonPrint'. (CVE-2013-0781)
- A heap-based buffer overflow error exists in the function 'nsSaveAsCharset::DoCharsetConversion'.
(CVE-2013-0782)
Solution
Upgrade to Thunderbird 17.0.3 or later.