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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.842967
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3141-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'thunderbird' package(s) announced via the USN-3141-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'thunderbird' package(s) announced via the USN-3141-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Christian Holler, Jon Coppeard, Olli Pettay, Ehsan Akhgari, Gary Kwong,
Tooru Fujisawa, and Randell Jesup 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-2016-5290)

A same-origin policy bypass was discovered with local HTML files in some
circumstances. An attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain
sensitive information. (CVE-2016-5291)

A heap buffer-overflow was discovered in Cairo when processing SVG
content. 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. (CVE-2016-5296)

An error was discovered in argument length checking in Javascript. 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. (CVE-2016-5297)

A buffer overflow was discovered in nsScriptLoadHandler. 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. (CVE-2016-9066)

A use-after-free was discovered in SVG animations. If a user were tricked
in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an
attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service via application
crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9079)

Affected Software/OS:
'thunderbird' package(s) on Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10.

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-2016-5290
BugTraq ID: 94335
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94335
Debian Security Information: DSA-3730 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:2780
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2780.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:2825
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2825.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-5291
BugTraq ID: 94336
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-5296
BugTraq ID: 94339
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94339
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-5297
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-9066
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-9079
BugTraq ID: 94591
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94591
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41151/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42327/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-35
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:2843
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2843.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:2850
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2850.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037370
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