Mozilla Thunderbird < 17.0.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 65807

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Synopsis

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

Description

The installed version of Thunderbird is earlier than 17.0.5 and thus, is potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities :

 - Various memory safety issues exist. (CVE-2013-0788, CVE-2013-0789)

 - An out-of-bounds memory read error exists related to 'CERT_DecodeCertPackage' and certificate decoding.
 (CVE-2013-0791)

 - A memory corruption error exists related to PNG image files when 'gfx.color_management.enablev4' is manually enabled in the application's configuration.
 (CVE-2013-0792)

 - An error exists related to navigation, history and improper 'baseURI' property values that could allow cross-site scripting attacks. (CVE-2013-0793)

 - An error exists related to tab-modal dialog boxes that could be used in phishing attacks. (CVE-2013-0794)

 - An error exists related to 'cloneNode' that can allow 'System Only Wrapper' (SOW) to be bypassed, thus violating the same origin policy and possibly leading to privilege escalation and code execution.
 (CVE-2013-0795)

 - A DLL loading vulnerability exists that could lead to code execution. (CVE-2013-0797)

 - A buffer overflow error exists related to the Mozilla Maintenance Service. (CVE-2013-0799)

 - An out-of-bounds write error exists related to the Cairo graphics library. (CVE-2013-0800)

Solution

Upgrade to Thunderbird 17.0.5 or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-30/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-31/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-32/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-34/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-36/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-37/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-38/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-39/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-40/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 65807

File Name: mozilla_thunderbird_1705.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 4/4/2013

Updated: 11/27/2019

Dependencies: mozilla_org_installed.nasl

Risk Information

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-0795

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:thunderbird

Required KB Items: Mozilla/Thunderbird/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/2/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/2/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-0788, CVE-2013-0789, CVE-2013-0791, CVE-2013-0792, CVE-2013-0793, CVE-2013-0794, CVE-2013-0795, CVE-2013-0797, CVE-2013-0799, CVE-2013-0800

BID: 58819, 58821, 58824, 58825, 58826, 58827, 58828, 58835, 58836, 58837