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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.840849
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1254-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'thunderbird' package(s) announced via the USN-1254-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'thunderbird' package(s) announced via the USN-1254-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was discovered that CVE-2011-3004, which addressed possible privilege
escalation in addons, also affected Thunderbird 3.1. An attacker could
potentially exploit a user who had installed an add-on that used
loadSubscript in vulnerable ways. (CVE-2011-3647)

Yosuke Hasegawa discovered that the Mozilla browser engine mishandled
invalid sequences in the Shift-JIS encoding. It may be possible to trigger
this crash without the use of debugging APIs, which might allow malicious
websites to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker could possibly use this
flaw this to steal data or inject malicious scripts into web content.
(CVE-2011-3648)

Marc Schoenefeld discovered that using Firebug to profile a JavaScript file
with many functions would cause Firefox to crash. An attacker might be able
to exploit this without using the debugging APIs which would potentially
allow an attacker to remotely crash Thunderbird. (CVE-2011-3650)

Affected Software/OS:
'thunderbird' package(s) on Ubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu 10.10, Ubuntu 11.04.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
9.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-3647
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13550
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1439.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2011:1256 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00020.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-3648
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14212
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-3650
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13870
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG

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