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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.842155
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2552-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'thunderbird' package(s) announced via the USN-2552-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'thunderbird' package(s) announced via the USN-2552-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Olli Pettay and Boris Zbarsky discovered an issue during anchor
navigations in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening
a specially crafted message with scripting enabled, an attacker could
potentially exploit this to bypass same-origin policy restrictions.
(CVE-2015-0801)

Christoph Kerschbaumer discovered that CORS requests from
navigator.sendBeacon() followed 30x redirections after preflight. If a
user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message with
scripting enabled, an attacker could potentially exploit this to conduct
cross-site request forgery (XSRF) attacks. (CVE-2015-0807)

Aki Helin discovered a use-after-free when playing MP3 audio files using
the Fluendo MP3 GStreamer plugin in certain circumstances. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted message, an attacker could
potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application
crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking
Thunderbird. (CVE-2015-0813)

Christian Holler, Steve Fink, and Byron Campen discovered multiple memory
safety issues in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a
specially crafted message with scripting enabled, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application
crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking
Thunderbird. (CVE-2015-0815)

Mariusz Mlynski discovered that documents loaded via resource: URLs (such
as PDF.js) could load privileged chrome pages. If a user were tricked in
to opening a specially crafted message with scripting enabled, an attacker
could potentially exploit this in combination with another flaw, in order
to execute arbitrary script in a privileged context. (CVE-2015-0816)

Affected Software/OS:
'thunderbird' package(s) on Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 14.10.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.5

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-0801
BugTraq ID: 73455
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73455
Debian Security Information: DSA-3211 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3211
Debian Security Information: DSA-3212 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3212
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:0766
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0766.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:0771
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0771.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031996
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032000
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2015:0704 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00006.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:0677 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00003.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:0892 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00012.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:1266 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2550-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2552-1
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-0807
BugTraq ID: 73457
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73457
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-0813
BugTraq ID: 73463
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73463
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-0815
BugTraq ID: 73466
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73466
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-0816
BugTraq ID: 73461
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73461
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37958/
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