CentOS 4 : thunderbird (CESA-2006:0611) - Nessus

High Plugin ID: 22138

This page contains detailed information about the CentOS 4 : thunderbird (CESA-2006:0611) Nessus plugin including available exploits and PoCs found on GitHub, in Metasploit or Exploit-DB for verifying of this vulnerability.

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Plugin Overview
Vulnerability Information

Synopsis
Description
Solution

Public Exploits
Risk Information
Plugin Source
How to Run
References
Version

Plugin Overview

ID: 22138
Name: CentOS 4 : thunderbird (CESA-2006:0611)
Filename: centos_RHSA-2006-0611.nasl
Vulnerability Published: 2006-06-02
This Plugin Published: 2006-08-04
Last Modification Time: 2021-01-04
Plugin Version: 1.23
Plugin Type: local
Plugin Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl
Required KB Items [?]: Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Vulnerability Information

Severity: High
Vulnerability Published: 2006-06-02
Patch Published: 2006-07-29
CVE [?]: CVE-2006-2776, CVE-2006-2778, CVE-2006-2779, CVE-2006-2780, CVE-2006-2781, CVE-2006-2782, CVE-2006-2783, CVE-2006-2784, CVE-2006-2785, CVE-2006-2786, CVE-2006-2787, CVE-2006-2788, CVE-2006-3113, CVE-2006-3677, CVE-2006-3801, CVE-2006-3802, CVE-2006-3803, CVE-2006-3804, CVE-2006-3805, CVE-2006-3806, CVE-2006-3807, CVE-2006-3808, CVE-2006-3809, CVE-2006-3810, CVE-2006-3811
CPE [?]: cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:thunderbird
Exploited by Malware: True

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

Updated thunderbird packages that fix several security bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

The Mozilla Foundation has discontinued support for the Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 branch. This update deprecates the Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 branch in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 in favor of the supported Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5 branch.

This update also resolves a number of outstanding Thunderbird security issues :

Several flaws were found in the way Thunderbird processed certain JavaScript actions. A malicious mail message could execute arbitrary JavaScript instructions with the permissions of 'chrome', allowing the page to steal sensitive information or install browser malware. (CVE-2006-2776, CVE-2006-2784, CVE-2006-2785, CVE-2006-2787, CVE-2006-3807, CVE-2006-3809)

Several denial of service flaws were found in the way Thunderbird processed certain mail messages. A malicious web page could crash the browser or possibly execute arbitrary code as the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2006-2779, CVE-2006-2780, CVE-2006-3801, CVE-2006-3677, CVE-2006-3113, CVE-2006-3803, CVE-2006-3805, CVE-2006-3806, CVE-2006-3811)

Several flaws were found in the way Thunderbird processed certain JavaScript actions. A malicious mail message could conduct a cross-site scripting attack or steal sensitive information (such as cookies owned by other domains). (CVE-2006-3802, CVE-2006-3810)

A form file upload flaw was found in the way Thunderbird handled JavaScript input object mutation. A malicious mail message could upload an arbitrary local file at form submission time without user interaction. (CVE-2006-2782)

A denial of service flaw was found in the way Thunderbird called the crypto.signText() JavaScript function. A malicious mail message could crash the browser if the victim had a client certificate loaded. (CVE-2006-2778)

A flaw was found in the way Thunderbird processed Proxy AutoConfig scripts. A malicious Proxy AutoConfig server could execute arbitrary JavaScript instructions with the permissions of 'chrome', allowing the page to steal sensitive information or install client malware. (CVE-2006-3808)

Note: Please note that JavaScript support is disabled by default in Thunderbird. The above issues are not exploitable with JavaScript disabled.

Two flaws were found in the way Thunderbird displayed malformed inline vcard attachments. If a victim viewed an email message containing a carefully crafted vcard it was possible to execute arbitrary code as the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2006-2781, CVE-2006-3804)

A cross site scripting flaw was found in the way Thunderbird processed Unicode Byte-order-Mark (BOM) markers in UTF-8 mail messages. A malicious web page could execute a script within the browser that a web input sanitizer could miss due to a malformed 'script' tag. (CVE-2006-2783)

Two HTTP response smuggling flaws were found in the way Thunderbird processed certain invalid HTTP response headers. A malicious website could return specially crafted HTTP response headers which may bypass HTTP proxy restrictions. (CVE-2006-2786)

A double free flaw was found in the way the nsIX509::getRawDER method was called. If a victim visited a carefully crafted web page, it was possible to crash Thunderbird. (CVE-2006-2788)

Users of Thunderbird are advised to upgrade to this update, which contains Thunderbird version 1.5.0.5 that corrects these issues.

Solution

Update the affected thunderbird package.

Public Exploits

Target Network Port(s): N/A
Target Asset(s): N/A
Exploit Available: True (Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB)
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Here's the list of publicly known exploits and PoCs for verifying the CentOS 4 : thunderbird (CESA-2006:0611) vulnerability:

Metasploit: exploit/multi/browser/mozilla_navigatorjava
[Mozilla Suite/Firefox Navigator Object Code Execution]
Exploit-DB: exploits/multiple/remote/2082.html
[EDB-2082: Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4 - JavaScript Navigator Object Code Execution]
Exploit-DB: exploits/multiple/remote/9946.rb
[EDB-9946: Mozilla Suite/Firefox < 1.5.0.5 - Navigator Object Code Execution (Metasploit)]
Exploit-DB: exploits/multiple/remote/16300.rb
[EDB-16300: Mozilla Suite/Firefox - Navigator Object Code Execution (Metasploit)]

Before running any exploit against any system, make sure you are authorized by the owner of the target system(s) to perform such activity. In any other case, this would be considered as an illegal activity.

WARNING: Beware of using unverified exploits from sources such as GitHub or Exploit-DB. These exploits and PoCs could contain malware. For more information, see how to use exploits safely.

Risk Information

CVSS V2 Vector [?]: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:H/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS Base Score:	9.3 (High)
Impact Subscore:	10.0
Exploitability Subscore:	8.6
CVSS Temporal Score:	8.1 (High)
CVSS Environmental Score:	NA (None)
Modified Impact Subscore:	NA
Overall CVSS Score:	8.1 (High)

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Plugin Source

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2006:0611 and 
# CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2006:0611 respectively.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(22138);
  script_version("1.23");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2006-2776", "CVE-2006-2778", "CVE-2006-2779", "CVE-2006-2780", "CVE-2006-2781", "CVE-2006-2782", "CVE-2006-2783", "CVE-2006-2784", "CVE-2006-2785", "CVE-2006-2786", "CVE-2006-2787", "CVE-2006-2788", "CVE-2006-3113", "CVE-2006-3677", "CVE-2006-3801", "CVE-2006-3802", "CVE-2006-3803", "CVE-2006-3804", "CVE-2006-3805", "CVE-2006-3806", "CVE-2006-3807", "CVE-2006-3808", "CVE-2006-3809", "CVE-2006-3810", "CVE-2006-3811");
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2006:0611");

  script_name(english:"CentOS 4 : thunderbird (CESA-2006:0611)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote CentOS host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Updated thunderbird packages that fix several security bugs are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the
Red Hat Security Response Team.

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

The Mozilla Foundation has discontinued support for the Mozilla
Thunderbird 1.0 branch. This update deprecates the Mozilla Thunderbird
1.0 branch in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 in favor of the supported
Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5 branch.

This update also resolves a number of outstanding Thunderbird security
issues :

Several flaws were found in the way Thunderbird processed certain
JavaScript actions. A malicious mail message could execute arbitrary
JavaScript instructions with the permissions of 'chrome', allowing the
page to steal sensitive information or install browser malware.
(CVE-2006-2776, CVE-2006-2784, CVE-2006-2785, CVE-2006-2787,
CVE-2006-3807, CVE-2006-3809)

Several denial of service flaws were found in the way Thunderbird
processed certain mail messages. A malicious web page could crash the
browser or possibly execute arbitrary code as the user running
Thunderbird. (CVE-2006-2779, CVE-2006-2780, CVE-2006-3801,
CVE-2006-3677, CVE-2006-3113, CVE-2006-3803, CVE-2006-3805,
CVE-2006-3806, CVE-2006-3811)

Several flaws were found in the way Thunderbird processed certain
JavaScript actions. A malicious mail message could conduct a
cross-site scripting attack or steal sensitive information (such as
cookies owned by other domains). (CVE-2006-3802, CVE-2006-3810)

A form file upload flaw was found in the way Thunderbird handled
JavaScript input object mutation. A malicious mail message could
upload an arbitrary local file at form submission time without user
interaction. (CVE-2006-2782)

A denial of service flaw was found in the way Thunderbird called the
crypto.signText() JavaScript function. A malicious mail message could
crash the browser if the victim had a client certificate loaded.
(CVE-2006-2778)

A flaw was found in the way Thunderbird processed Proxy AutoConfig
scripts. A malicious Proxy AutoConfig server could execute arbitrary
JavaScript instructions with the permissions of 'chrome', allowing the
page to steal sensitive information or install client malware.
(CVE-2006-3808)

Note: Please note that JavaScript support is disabled by default in
Thunderbird. The above issues are not exploitable with JavaScript
disabled.

Two flaws were found in the way Thunderbird displayed malformed inline
vcard attachments. If a victim viewed an email message containing a
carefully crafted vcard it was possible to execute arbitrary code as
the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2006-2781, CVE-2006-3804)

A cross site scripting flaw was found in the way Thunderbird processed
Unicode Byte-order-Mark (BOM) markers in UTF-8 mail messages. A
malicious web page could execute a script within the browser that a
web input sanitizer could miss due to a malformed 'script' tag.
(CVE-2006-2783)

Two HTTP response smuggling flaws were found in the way Thunderbird
processed certain invalid HTTP response headers. A malicious website
could return specially crafted HTTP response headers which may bypass
HTTP proxy restrictions. (CVE-2006-2786)

A double free flaw was found in the way the nsIX509::getRawDER method
was called. If a victim visited a carefully crafted web page, it was
possible to crash Thunderbird. (CVE-2006-2788)

Users of Thunderbird are advised to upgrade to this update, which
contains Thunderbird version 1.5.0.5 that corrects these issues."
  );
  # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2006-July/013073.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?1644ce03"
  );
  # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2006-July/013074.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?58494fb6"
  );
  # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2006-July/013085.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?90ad4ee2"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected thunderbird package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'Mozilla Suite/Firefox Navigator Object Code Execution');
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");
  script_cwe_id(20, 94, 119);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:thunderbird");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:4");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2006/06/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2006/07/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2006/08/04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"CentOS Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/CentOS/release", "Host/CentOS/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/CentOS/release");
if (isnull(release) || "CentOS" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "CentOS(?: Linux)? release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "CentOS");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^4([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS 4.x", "CentOS " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && "ia64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "CentOS", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", reference:"thunderbird-1.5.0.5-0.el4.1.centos4")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "thunderbird");
}

The latest version of this script can be found in these locations depending on your platform:

Linux / Unix:
/opt/nessus/lib/nessus/plugins/centos_RHSA-2006-0611.nasl
Windows:
C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\plugins\centos_RHSA-2006-0611.nasl
Mac OS X:
/Library/Nessus/run/lib/nessus/plugins/centos_RHSA-2006-0611.nasl

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How to Run

Here is how to run the CentOS 4 : thunderbird (CESA-2006:0611) as a standalone plugin via the Nessus web user interface (https://localhost:8834/):

Click to start a New Scan.
Select Advanced Scan.
Navigate to the Plugins tab.
On the top right corner click to Disable All plugins.
On the left side table select CentOS Local Security Checks plugin family.
On the right side table select CentOS 4 : thunderbird (CESA-2006:0611) plugin ID 22138.
Specify the target on the Settings tab and click to Save the scan.
Run the scan.

Here are a few examples of how to run the plugin in the command line. Note that the examples below demonstrate the usage on the Linux / Unix platform.

Basic usage:

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl centos_RHSA-2006-0611.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with audit trail message on the console:

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -a centos_RHSA-2006-0611.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with trace script execution written to the console (useful for debugging):

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -T - centos_RHSA-2006-0611.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with using a state file for the target and updating it (useful for running multiple plugins on the target):

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -K /tmp/state centos_RHSA-2006-0611.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

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References

RHSA | Red Hat Security Advisory:

2006:0611

CWE | Common Weakness Enumeration:

CWE-20 (Weakness) Improper Input Validation
CWE-94 (Weakness) Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CWE-119 (Weakness) Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

See also:

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22105 - FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (e2a92664-1d60-11db-88cf-000c6ec775d9)
22144 - GLSA-200608-02 : Mozilla SeaMonkey: Multiple vulnerabilities
22145 - GLSA-200608-03 : Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities
39338 - Mac OS X : Apple Safari < 4.0
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67422 - Oracle Linux 4 : firefox (ELSA-2006-0733 / ELSA-2006-0675 / ELSA-2006-0610)
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22291 - RHEL 2.1 : seamonkey (RHSA-2006:0594)
22114 - RHEL 3 : seamonkey (RHSA-2006:0608)
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22987 - Solaris 10 (x86) : 119116-35 (deprecated)
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24403 - Solaris 9 (sparc) : 120671-08
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29354 - SuSE 10 Security Update : Firefox (ZYPP Patch Number 1960)
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Version

This page has been produced using Nessus Professional 10.1.2 (#68) LINUX, Plugin set 202205072148.
Plugin file centos_RHSA-2006-0611.nasl version 1.23. For more plugins, visit the Nessus Plugin Library.

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CentOS 4 : thunderbird (CESA-2006:0611) - Nessus

Plugin Overview

Vulnerability Information

Synopsis

Description

Solution

Public Exploits

Risk Information

Plugin Source

How to Run

References

Version

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