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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.842601
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2859-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'thunderbird' package(s) announced via the USN-2859-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'thunderbird' package(s) announced via the USN-2859-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Andrei Vaida, Jesse Ruderman, Bob Clary, and Jesse Ruderman
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-2015-7201)

Ronald Crane discovered a buffer overflow through code inspection. 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-2015-7205)

Abhishek Arya discovered an integer overflow when allocating large
textures. 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-2015-7212)

Ronald Crane discovered an integer overflow when processing MP4 format
video 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-2015-7213)

Tsubasa Iinuma discovered a way to bypass same-origin restrictions using
data: and view-source: URLs. If a user were tricked in to opening a
specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could
potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive information and read local
files. (CVE-2015-7214)

Affected Software/OS:
'thunderbird' package(s) on Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 15.10.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
10.0

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-7201
BugTraq ID: 79279
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79279
Debian Security Information: DSA-3422 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3422
Debian Security Information: DSA-3432 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3432
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174083.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174253.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:2657
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2657.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034426
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2015:2334 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00021.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2015:2335 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00022.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2015:2336 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00023.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:2353 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00104.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:2380 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00038.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:2406 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00049.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0307 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00007.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0308 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00008.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2833-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2859-1
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-7205
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-7212
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-7213
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-7214
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