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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.842897
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3073-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'thunderbird' package(s) announced via the USN-3073-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'thunderbird' package(s) announced via the USN-3073-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Christian Holler, Carsten Book, Gary Kwong, Jesse Ruderman, Andrew
McCreight, and Phil Ringnalda 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. (CVE-2016-2836)

Affected Software/OS:
'thunderbird' package(s) on Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-2836
BugTraq ID: 92261
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92261
Debian Security Information: DSA-3640 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3640
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:1551
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1551.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:1809
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1809.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:1964 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:2026 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG

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