Mozilla Thunderbird < 3.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 5354
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Synopsis
The remote host has an email client installed that is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors.Description
Versions of Mozilla Thunderbird prior to 3.0.1 are affected by the following vulnerabilities :- Multiple crashes can result in arbitrary code execution. (MFSA 2009-65)
- Multiple vulnerabilities in 'liboggplay' can lead to arbitrary code execution. (MFSA 2009-66)
- An integer overflow in the 'Theora' video library can lead to a crash or the execution of arbitrary code. (MFSA 2009-67)
Solution
Upgrade to Thunderbird 3.0.1 or later.See Also
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-65.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-66.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-67.html
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/3.0.1/releasenotes
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 5354
Family: SMTP Clients
Published: 3/4/2010
Updated: 3/6/2019
Dependencies: 5558
Nessus ID: 44111
Risk Information
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.6
Temporal Score: 4.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patch Publication Date: 1/20/2010
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/20/2010
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-3979, CVE-2009-3981, CVE-2009-3388, CVE-2009-3389, CVE-2009-3980, CVE-2009-3982