Mozilla Thunderbird < 24.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
critical Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 8071
Synopsis
The remote host has an email client installed that is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors.Description
Versions of Mozilla Thunderbird prior to 24.2 are prone to the following vulnerabilities :- Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (CVE-2013-5609, CVE-2013-5610)
- Use-after-free in event listeners, table editing user interface, synthetic mouse movement can lead to a potentially exploitable crash (CVE-2013-5616, CVE-2013-5613, CVE-2013-5618)
- Segmentation violation when replacing ordered list elements in a document via script can lead to a potentially exploitable crash (CVE-2013-6671)
- Extended validation root certificates remain trusted even if the user has explicitly removes the trust. (CVE-2013-6673)
- GetElementIC typed arrays can be generated outside observed typesets, with unknown security impact (CVE-2013-5615)
- Issues in the JPEG image processing library can allow arbitrary memory to be read, as well as cross-domain theft (CVE-2013-6629, CVE-2013-6630)
- An intermediary CA that is chained up to a root within Mozilla's root store was revoked for supplying an intermediate certificate that allowed a man-in-the-middle proxy to perform traffic management of domain names and IP addresses the certificate holder did not own or control.
Solution
Upgrade to Thunderbird 24.2, or later.See Also
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-104.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-108.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-109.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-111.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-113.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-114.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-115.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-116.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-117.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 8071
Family: SMTP Clients
Published: 12/16/2013
Updated: 3/6/2019
Dependencies: 5558
Nessus ID: 71349
Risk Information
Risk Factor: Critical
CVSS v2.0
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 8.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C
CVSS v3.0
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 9.4
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:X/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patch Publication Date: 12/10/2012
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/10/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-5609, CVE-2013-5616, CVE-2013-5618, CVE-2013-6671, CVE-2013-5615, CVE-2013-5610, CVE-2013-5619