| Description: | Description:
The remote host is missing an update to thunderbird
announced via advisory USN-582-1.
A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Ubuntu 6.10
Ubuntu 7.04
Ubuntu 7.10
This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of
Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.
Details follow:
It was discovered that Thunderbird did not properly set the size of a
buffer when parsing an external-body MIME-type. If a user were to open
a specially crafted email, an attacker could cause a denial of service
via application crash or possibly execute arbitrary code as the user.
(CVE-2008-0304)
Various flaws were discovered in Thunderbird and its JavaScript
engine. By tricking a user into opening a malicious message, an
attacker could execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.
(CVE-2008-0412, CVE-2008-0413)
Various flaws were discovered in the JavaScript engine. By tricking
a user into opening a malicious message, an attacker could escalate
privileges within Thunderbird, perform cross-site scripting attacks
and/or execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges. (CVE-2008-0415)
Gerry Eisenhaur discovered that the chrome URI scheme did not properly
guard against directory traversal. Under certain circumstances, an
attacker may be able to load files or steal session data. Ubuntu is not
vulnerable in the default installation. (CVE-2008-0418)
Flaws were discovered in the BMP decoder. By tricking a user into
opening a specially crafted BMP file, an attacker could obtain
sensitive information. (CVE-2008-0420)
Solution:
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the
following package versions:
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
mozilla-thunderbird 1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15~
prepatch080227-0ubuntu0.6.06.0
Ubuntu 6.10:
mozilla-thunderbird 1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15~
prepatch080227-0ubuntu0.6.10.0
Ubuntu 7.04:
mozilla-thunderbird 1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15~
prepatch080227-0ubuntu0.7.04.0
Ubuntu 7.10:
thunderbird 2.0.0.12+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.10.0
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Thunderbird to effect
the necessary changes.
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-582-1
Risk factor : Critical
CVSS Score:
9.3
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