The installed version of Firefox 3.0.x is earlier than 3.0.6.  Such versions are potentially affected by the following security issues :

  - There are several stability bugs in the browser engine     that could lead to crashes with evidence of memory     corruption. (MFSA 2009-01)

  - A chrome XBL method can be used in conjunction with     'window.eval' to execute arbitrary JavaScript within     the context of another website, violating the same     origin policy. (MFSA 2009-02)

  - A form input control's type could be changed during the     restoration of a closed tab to the path of a local file     whose location was known to the attacker. (MFSA 2009-03)

  - An attacker may be able to inject arbitrary code into a     chrome document and then execute it with chrome     privileges if he can trick a user into downloading a     malicious HTML file and a .desktop shortcut file.     (MFSA 2009-04)

  - Cookies marked HTTPOnly are readable by JavaScript via     the 'XMLHttpRequest.getResponseHeader' and     'XMLHttpRequest.getAllResponseHeaders' APIs.     (MFSA 2009-05)

  - The 'Cache-Control: no-store' and 'Cache-Control:     no-cache' HTTP directives for HTTPS pages are ignored     by Firefox 3, which could lead to exposure of     sensitive information. (MFSA 2009-06)

The installed version of Thunderbird is earlier than 2.0.0.21.  Such versions are potentially affected by the following security issues :

  - There are several stability bugs in the browser engine     that could lead to crashes with evidence of memory     corruption. (MFSA 2009-01)

  - By exploiting stability bugs in the browser engine, it     might be possible for an attacker to execute arbitrary     code on the remote system under certain conditions.     (MFSA 2009-07)

  - It might be possible for a website to read arbitrary XML     data from another domain by using nsIRDFService and a     cross-domain redirect. (MFSA 2009-09)

  - Vulnerabilities in the PNG libraries used by Mozilla     could be exploited to execute arbitrary code on the     remote system. (MFSA 2009-10)

  - A URI-spoofing vulnerability exists because the     application fails to adequately handle specific     characters in IDN subdomains. (MFSA 2009-15)

Update to the new upstream Firefox 3.0.6 / XULRunner 1.9.0.6 fixing multiple security issues: http://www.mozilla.org/security/known- vulnerabilities/firefox30.html#firefox3.0.6 This update also contains new builds of all applications depending on Gecko libraries, built against the new version, including the latest google gadgets upstream release. See http://code.google.com/p/google-gadgets-for- linux/source/browse/trunk/ChangeLog?spec=svn1087&r=1087 for details.
Note: after the updated packages are installed, Firefox must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Icedove mail client, an unbranded version of the Thunderbird mail client. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

  - CVE-2009-0040     The execution of arbitrary code might be possible via a     crafted PNG file that triggers a free of an     uninitialized pointer in (1) the png_read_png function,     (2) pCAL chunk handling, or (3) setup of 16-bit gamma     tables. (MFSA 2009-10)

  - CVE-2009-0352     It is possible to execute arbitrary code via vectors     related to the layout engine. (MFSA 2009-01)

  - CVE-2009-0353     It is possible to execute arbitrary code via vectors     related to the JavaScript engine. (MFSA 2009-01)

  - CVE-2009-0652     Bjoern Hoehrmann and Moxie Marlinspike discovered a     possible spoofing attack via Unicode box drawing     characters in internationalized domain names. (MFSA     2009-15)

  - CVE-2009-0771     Memory corruption and assertion failures have been     discovered in the layout engine, leading to the possible     execution of arbitrary code. (MFSA 2009-07)

  - CVE-2009-0772     The layout engine allows the execution of arbitrary code     in vectors related to nsCSSStyleSheet::GetOwnerNode,     events, and garbage collection. (MFSA 2009-07)

  - CVE-2009-0773     The JavaScript engine is prone to the execution of     arbitrary code via several vectors. (MFSA 2009-07)

  - CVE-2009-0774     The layout engine allows the execution of arbitrary code     via vectors related to gczeal. (MFSA 2009-07)

  - CVE-2009-0776     Georgi Guninski discovered that it is possible to obtain     xml data via an issue related to the nsIRDFService.
    (MFSA 2009-09)

  - CVE-2009-1302     The browser engine is prone to a possible memory     corruption via several vectors. (MFSA 2009-14)

  - CVE-2009-1303     The browser engine is prone to a possible memory     corruption via the nsSVGElement::BindToTree function.
    (MFSA 2009-14)

  - CVE-2009-1307     Gregory Fleischer discovered that it is possible to     bypass the Same Origin Policy when opening a Flash file     via the view-source: scheme. (MFSA 2009-17)

  - CVE-2009-1832     The possible arbitrary execution of code was discovered     via vectors involving 'double frame construction.' (MFSA     2009-24)

  - CVE-2009-1392     Several issues were discovered in the browser engine as     used by icedove, which could lead to the possible     execution of arbitrary code. (MFSA 2009-24)

  - CVE-2009-1836     Shuo Chen, Ziqing Mao, Yi-Min Wang and Ming Zhang     reported a potential man-in-the-middle attack, when     using a proxy due to insufficient checks on a certain     proxy response. (MFSA 2009-27)

  - CVE-2009-1838     moz_bug_r_a4 discovered that it is possible to execute     arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges due to an     error in the garbage collection implementation. (MFSA     2009-29)

  - CVE-2009-1841     moz_bug_r_a4 reported that it is possible for scripts     from page content to run with elevated privileges and     thus potentially executing arbitrary code with the     object's chrome privileges. (MFSA 2009-32)

  - No CVE id yet

    Bernd Jendrissek discovered a potentially exploitable     crash when viewing a multipart/alternative mail message     with a text/enhanced part. (MFSA 2009-33)

New mozilla-thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, and -current to fix security issues.

Update to the new upstream Firefox 3.0.6 / XULRunner 1.9.0.6 fixing multiple security issues: http://www.mozilla.org/security/known- vulnerabilities/firefox30.html#firefox3.0.6 This update also contains new builds of all applications depending on Gecko libraries, built against the new version. Note: after the updated packages are installed, Firefox must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Security vulnerabilities have been discovered and corrected in the latest Mozilla Firefox 3.x, version 3.0.5 (CVE-2009-0352, CVE-2009-0353, CVE-2009-0354, CVE-2009-0355, CVE-2009-0356, CVE-2009-0357, CVE-2009-0358).

This update provides the latest Mozilla Firefox 3.x to correct these issues.

As Mozilla Firefox 2.x has been phased out, version 3.x is also being provided for Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring.

An updated thunderbird package that fixes several security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed HTML mail content. An HTML mail message containing malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2009-0352, CVE-2009-0353, CVE-2009-0772, CVE-2009-0774, CVE-2009-0775)

Several flaws were found in the way malformed content was processed.
An HTML mail message containing specially crafted content could potentially trick a Thunderbird user into surrendering sensitive information. (CVE-2009-0355, CVE-2009-0776)

Note: JavaScript support is disabled by default in Thunderbird. None of the above issues are exploitable unless JavaScript is enabled.

All Thunderbird users should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves these issues. All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
35581	Firefox 3.0.x < 3.0.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	2/4/2009	6/23/2026	high
35977	Mozilla Thunderbird < 2.0.0.21 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	3/20/2009	11/15/2018	high
37378	Fedora 10 : Miro-1.2.8-2.fc10 / blam-1.8.5-6.fc10 / devhelp-0.22-3.fc10 / epiphany-2.24.3-2.fc10 / etc (2009-1398)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	4/23/2009	1/11/2021	critical
44695	Debian DSA-1830-1 : icedove - several vulnerabilities	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	2/24/2010	1/4/2021	critical
36011	Slackware 10.2 / 11.0 / 12.0 / 12.1 / 12.2 / current : mozilla-thunderbird (SSA:2009-083-03)	Nessus	Slackware Local Security Checks	3/25/2009	1/14/2021	critical
35604	Fedora 9 : Miro-1.2.7-4.fc9 / blam-1.8.5-5.fc9.1 / cairo-dock-1.6.3.1-1.fc9.3 / chmsee-1.0.1-8.fc9 / etc (2009-1399)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	2/6/2009	1/11/2021	critical
37673	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : firefox (MDVSA-2009:044)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	4/23/2009	1/6/2021	critical
38891	CentOS 4 / 5 : thunderbird (CESA-2009:0258)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	5/26/2009	1/4/2021	critical

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