Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.69142
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-1050-1 (thunderbird)
Summary:	Ubuntu USN-1050-1 (thunderbird)
Description:	The remote host is missing an update to thunderbird announced via advisory USN-1050-1. Details follow: Jesse Ruderman, Igor Bukanov, Olli Pettay, Gary Kwong, Jeff Walden, Henry Sivonen, Martijn Wargers, David Baron and Marcia Knous discovered several memory issues in the browser engine. An attacker could exploit these to crash the browser or possibly run arbitrary code as the user invoking the program. (CVE-2011-0053, CVE-2011-0062) Roberto Suggi Liverani discovered a possible issue with unsafe JavaScript execution in chrome documents. A malicious extension could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with chrome privlieges. (CVE-2010-1585) Jordi Chancel discovered a buffer overlow in the JPEG decoding engine. An attacker could exploit this to crash the browser or possibly run arbitrary code as the user invoking the program. (CVE-2011-0061) Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: thunderbird 3.1.8+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 Ubuntu 10.10: thunderbird 3.1.8+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1 After a standard system update you need to restart Thunderbird to make all the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-1050-1 Risk factor : Critical
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-1585 Bugtraq: 20100421 Security-Assessment.com WhitePaper/Addendum: Cross Context Scripting with Firefox & Exploiting Cross Context Scripting vulnerabilities in Firefox (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/510883/100/0/threaded http://wizzrss.blat.co.za/2009/11/17/so-much-for-nsiscriptableunescapehtmlparsefragment/ http://www.security-assessment.com/files/whitepapers/Cross_Context_Scripting_with_Firefox.pdf http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:041 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:042 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12532 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-0053 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0312.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0313.html BugTraq ID: 46645 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46645 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14379 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-0061 BugTraq ID: 46651 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46651 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14486 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-0062 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14409
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