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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.842482
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2754-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'thunderbird' package(s) announced via the USN-2754-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'thunderbird' package(s) announced via the USN-2754-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Andrew Osmond, Olli Pettay, Andrew Sutherland, Christian Holler, David
Major, Andrew McCreight, and Cameron McCormack discovered multiple memory
safety issues in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a
specially crafted message, 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-2015-4500)

Khalil Zhani discovered a buffer overflow when parsing VP9 content in some
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-2015-4506)

A use-after-free was discovered when manipulating HTML media content in
some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially
crafted website in a browsing context, 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-2015-4509)

Atte Kettunen discovered a buffer overflow in the nestegg library when
decoding WebM format video in some 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-2015-4511)

Ronald Crane reported multiple vulnerabilities. If a user were tricked in
to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, 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-2015-4517, CVE-2015-4521, CVE-2015-4522,
CVE-2015-7174, CVE-2015-7175, CVE-2015-7176, CVE-2015-7177, CVE-2015-7180)

Mario Gomes discovered that dragging and dropping an image after a
redirect exposes the redirected URL to scripts. An attacker could
potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2015-4519)

Ehsan Akhgari discovered 2 issues with CORS preflight requests. An
attacker could potentially exploit these to bypass CORS restrictions.
(CVE-2015-4520)

Affected Software/OS:
'thunderbird' package(s) on Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 15.04.

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-2015-4500
BugTraq ID: 76816
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76816
Debian Security Information: DSA-3365 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3365
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:1834
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1834.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:1852
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1852.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033640
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2015:1680 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00004.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2015:1703 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00007.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2015:2081 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00025.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:1658 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00000.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:1679 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00003.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:1681 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00005.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2743-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2743-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2743-3
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2743-4
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2754-1
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-4506
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-4509
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-646
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-4511
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-4517
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-4519
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-4520
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-4521
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-4522
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-7174
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-7175
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-7176
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-7177
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-7180
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