Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2014.2428.1
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2428-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'thunderbird' package(s) announced via the USN-2428-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'thunderbird' package(s) announced via the USN-2428-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Gary Kwong, Randell Jesup, Nils Ohlmeier, Jesse Ruderman, and Max Jonas Werner 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-2014-1587) Joe Vennix discovered a crash when using XMLHttpRequest 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 cause a denial of service. (CVE-2014-1590) Berend-Jan Wever discovered a use-after-free during HTML parsing. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message with scripting enabled, 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-2014-1592) Abhishek Arya discovered a buffer overflow when parsing media content. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message with scripting enabled, 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-2014-1593) Byoungyoung Lee, Chengyu Song, and Taesoo Kim discovered a bad cast in the compositor. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause undefined behaviour, a denial of service via application crash or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Thunderbird. (CVE-2014-1594) 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: 6.8 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1587 BugTraq ID: 71391 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71391 Debian Security Information: DSA-3090 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3090 Debian Security Information: DSA-3092 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3092 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:0138 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00024.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:1266 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1590 BugTraq ID: 71397 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71397 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1592 BugTraq ID: 71398 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71398 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1593 BugTraq ID: 71395 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71395 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1594 BugTraq ID: 71396 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71396
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