RHEL 5 / 6 : thunderbird (RHSA-2012:1351) - Nessus

High   Plugin ID: 62473

This page contains detailed information about the RHEL 5 / 6 : thunderbird (RHSA-2012:1351) 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

ID: 62473
Name: RHEL 5 / 6 : thunderbird (RHSA-2012:1351)
Filename: redhat-RHSA-2012-1351.nasl
Vulnerability Published: 2012-08-29
This Plugin Published: 2012-10-10
Last Modification Time: 2021-01-14
Plugin Version: 1.33
Plugin Type: local
Plugin Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl
Required KB Items [?]: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Vulnerability Information

Severity: High
Vulnerability Published: 2012-08-29
Patch Published: 2012-10-09
CVE [?]: CVE-2012-1956, CVE-2012-3982, CVE-2012-3986, CVE-2012-3988, CVE-2012-3990, CVE-2012-3991, CVE-2012-3992, CVE-2012-3993, CVE-2012-3994, CVE-2012-3995, CVE-2012-4179, CVE-2012-4180, CVE-2012-4181, CVE-2012-4182, CVE-2012-4183, CVE-2012-4184, CVE-2012-4185, CVE-2012-4186, CVE-2012-4187, CVE-2012-4188
CPE [?]: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:thunderbird, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:thunderbird-debuginfo
Exploited by Malware: True

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

An updated thunderbird package that fixes several security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed content. Malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2012-3982, CVE-2012-3988, CVE-2012-3990, CVE-2012-3995, CVE-2012-4179, CVE-2012-4180, CVE-2012-4181, CVE-2012-4182, CVE-2012-4183, CVE-2012-4185, CVE-2012-4186, CVE-2012-4187, CVE-2012-4188)

Two flaws in Thunderbird could allow malicious content to bypass intended restrictions, possibly leading to information disclosure, or Thunderbird executing arbitrary code. Note that the information disclosure issue could possibly be combined with other flaws to achieve arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2012-3986, CVE-2012-3991)

Multiple flaws were found in the location object implementation in Thunderbird. Malicious content could be used to perform cross-site scripting attacks, script injection, or spoofing attacks. (CVE-2012-1956, CVE-2012-3992, CVE-2012-3994)

Two flaws were found in the way Chrome Object Wrappers were implemented. Malicious content could be used to perform cross-site scripting attacks or cause Thunderbird to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2012-3993, CVE-2012-4184)

Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Christian Holler, Jesse Ruderman, Soroush Dalili, miaubiz, Abhishek Arya, Atte Kettunen, Johnny Stenback, Alice White, moz_bug_r_a4, and Mariusz Mlynski as the original reporters of these issues.

Note: None of the issues in this advisory can be exploited by a specially crafted HTML mail message as JavaScript is disabled by default for mail messages. They could be exploited another way in Thunderbird, for example, when viewing the full remote content of an RSS feed.

All Thunderbird users should upgrade to this updated package, which contains Thunderbird version 10.0.8 ESR, which corrects these issues. After installing the update, Thunderbird must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected thunderbird and / or thunderbird-debuginfo packages.

Public Exploits

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

Here's the list of publicly known exploits and PoCs for verifying the RHEL 5 / 6 : thunderbird (RHSA-2012:1351) vulnerability:

  1. Metasploit: exploit/multi/browser/firefox_proto_crmfrequest
    [Firefox 5.0 - 15.0.1 __exposedProps__ XCS Code Execution]
  2. Metasploit: exploit/multi/browser/firefox_proto_crmfrequest
    [Firefox 5.0 - 15.0.1 exposedProps XCS Code Execution]
  3. Exploit-DB: exploits/multiple/local/30474.rb
    [EDB-30474: Mozilla Firefox 5.0 < 15.0.1 - __exposedProps__ XCS Code Execution (Metasploit)]
  4. GitHub: https://github.com/lukeber4/usn-search
    [CVE-2012-3991]

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

This is the redhat-RHSA-2012-1351.nasl nessus plugin source code. This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. 

#%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-2012:1351. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
#

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

if (description)
{
  script_id(62473);
  script_version("1.33");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/14");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-1956", "CVE-2012-3982", "CVE-2012-3986", "CVE-2012-3988", "CVE-2012-3990", "CVE-2012-3991", "CVE-2012-3992", "CVE-2012-3993", "CVE-2012-3994", "CVE-2012-3995", "CVE-2012-4179", "CVE-2012-4180", "CVE-2012-4181", "CVE-2012-4182", "CVE-2012-4183", "CVE-2012-4184", "CVE-2012-4185", "CVE-2012-4186", "CVE-2012-4187", "CVE-2012-4188");
  script_bugtraq_id(55260);
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2012:1351");

  script_name(english:"RHEL 5 / 6 : thunderbird (RHSA-2012:1351)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis",
    value:"The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description",
    value:
"An updated thunderbird package that fixes several security issues is
now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having
critical security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)
base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for
each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed content.
Malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially,
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running
Thunderbird. (CVE-2012-3982, CVE-2012-3988, CVE-2012-3990,
CVE-2012-3995, CVE-2012-4179, CVE-2012-4180, CVE-2012-4181,
CVE-2012-4182, CVE-2012-4183, CVE-2012-4185, CVE-2012-4186,
CVE-2012-4187, CVE-2012-4188)

Two flaws in Thunderbird could allow malicious content to bypass
intended restrictions, possibly leading to information disclosure, or
Thunderbird executing arbitrary code. Note that the information
disclosure issue could possibly be combined with other flaws to
achieve arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2012-3986, CVE-2012-3991)

Multiple flaws were found in the location object implementation in
Thunderbird. Malicious content could be used to perform cross-site
scripting attacks, script injection, or spoofing attacks.
(CVE-2012-1956, CVE-2012-3992, CVE-2012-3994)

Two flaws were found in the way Chrome Object Wrappers were
implemented. Malicious content could be used to perform cross-site
scripting attacks or cause Thunderbird to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2012-3993, CVE-2012-4184)

Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting these
issues. Upstream acknowledges Christian Holler, Jesse Ruderman,
Soroush Dalili, miaubiz, Abhishek Arya, Atte Kettunen, Johnny
Stenback, Alice White, moz_bug_r_a4, and Mariusz Mlynski as the
original reporters of these issues.

Note: None of the issues in this advisory can be exploited by a
specially crafted HTML mail message as JavaScript is disabled by
default for mail messages. They could be exploited another way in
Thunderbird, for example, when viewing the full remote content of an
RSS feed.

All Thunderbird users should upgrade to this updated package, which
contains Thunderbird version 10.0.8 ESR, which corrects these issues.
After installing the update, Thunderbird must be restarted for the
changes to take effect."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1351"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3986"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3994"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-4181"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-4184"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3991"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3990"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3993"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3992"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-4180"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-4179"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-4185"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3988"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-4183"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-4186"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1956"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-4187"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3982"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3995"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-4188"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-4182"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution",
    value:
"Update the affected thunderbird and / or thunderbird-debuginfo
packages."
  );
  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:'Firefox 5.0 - 15.0.1 __exposedProps__ XCS Code Execution');
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:thunderbird");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:thunderbird-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.3");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2012/08/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/10/09");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/10/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks");

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

  exit(0);
}


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

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Red Hat" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Red Hat");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(5|6)([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat 5.x / 6.x", "Red Hat " + os_ver);

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

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "s390" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Red Hat", cpu);

yum_updateinfo = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/yum-updateinfo");
if (!empty_or_null(yum_updateinfo)) 
{
  rhsa = "RHSA-2012:1351";
  yum_report = redhat_generate_yum_updateinfo_report(rhsa:rhsa);
  if (!empty_or_null(yum_report))
  {
    security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : yum_report 
    );
    exit(0);
  }
  else
  {
    audit_message = "affected by Red Hat security advisory " + rhsa;
    audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, audit_message);
  }
}
else
{
  flag = 0;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"thunderbird-10.0.8-1.el5_8", allowmaj:TRUE)) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"thunderbird-10.0.8-1.el5_8", allowmaj:TRUE)) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"thunderbird-debuginfo-10.0.8-1.el5_8", allowmaj:TRUE)) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"thunderbird-debuginfo-10.0.8-1.el5_8", allowmaj:TRUE)) flag++;


  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", cpu:"i686", reference:"thunderbird-10.0.8-1.el6_3", allowmaj:TRUE)) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", cpu:"s390x", reference:"thunderbird-10.0.8-1.el6_3", allowmaj:TRUE)) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"thunderbird-10.0.8-1.el6_3", allowmaj:TRUE)) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", cpu:"i686", reference:"thunderbird-debuginfo-10.0.8-1.el6_3", allowmaj:TRUE)) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", cpu:"s390x", reference:"thunderbird-debuginfo-10.0.8-1.el6_3", allowmaj:TRUE)) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"thunderbird-debuginfo-10.0.8-1.el6_3", allowmaj:TRUE)) flag++;


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

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

  • Linux / Unix:
    /opt/nessus/lib/nessus/plugins/redhat-RHSA-2012-1351.nasl
  • Windows:
    C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\plugins\redhat-RHSA-2012-1351.nasl
  • Mac OS X:
    /Library/Nessus/run/lib/nessus/plugins/redhat-RHSA-2012-1351.nasl

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How to Run

Here is how to run the RHEL 5 / 6 : thunderbird (RHSA-2012:1351) as a standalone plugin via the Nessus web user interface (https://localhost:8834/):

  1. Click to start a New Scan.
  2. Select Advanced Scan.
  3. Navigate to the Plugins tab.
  4. On the top right corner click to Disable All plugins.
  5. On the left side table select Red Hat Local Security Checks plugin family.
  6. On the right side table select RHEL 5 / 6 : thunderbird (RHSA-2012:1351) plugin ID 62473.
  7. Specify the target on the Settings tab and click to Save the scan.
  8. 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 redhat-RHSA-2012-1351.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with audit trail message on the console:

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -a redhat-RHSA-2012-1351.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

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

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -T - redhat-RHSA-2012-1351.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 redhat-RHSA-2012-1351.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

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References

BID | SecurityFocus Bugtraq ID: RHSA | Red Hat Security Advisory: See also: Similar and related Nessus plugins:
  • 62484 - CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox (CESA-2012:1350)
  • 62485 - CentOS 5 / 6 : thunderbird (CESA-2012:1351)
  • 62667 - Debian DSA-2565-1 : iceweasel - several vulnerabilities
  • 62748 - Debian DSA-2569-1 : icedove - several vulnerabilities
  • 62805 - Debian DSA-2572-1 : iceape - several vulnerabilities
  • 62490 - FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (6e5a9afd-12d3-11e2-b47d-c8600054b392)
  • 63402 - GLSA-201301-01 : Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities (BEAST)
  • 62575 - Firefox < 10.0.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)
  • 62576 - Firefox < 16.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)
  • 62577 - Mozilla Thunderbird 10.0.x < 10.0.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)
  • 62578 - Mozilla Thunderbird < 16.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)
  • 62579 - Firefox 10.0.x < 10.0.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • 62580 - Firefox < 16.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • 62581 - Mozilla Thunderbird 10.0.x < 10.0.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • 62582 - Mozilla Thunderbird < 16.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • 74779 - openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox (openSUSE-SU-2012:1345-1)
  • 68635 - Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : firefox (ELSA-2012-1350)
  • 68636 - Oracle Linux 6 : thunderbird (ELSA-2012-1351)
  • 62472 - RHEL 5 / 6 : firefox (RHSA-2012:1350)
  • 62583 - SeaMonkey < 2.13 Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • 62492 - Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20121009)
  • 62493 - Scientific Linux Security Update : thunderbird on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20121009)
  • 64133 - SuSE 11.2 Security Update : Mozilla Firefox (SAT Patch Number 6951)
  • 62573 - SuSE 10 Security Update : Mozilla Firefox (ZYPP Patch Number 8327)
  • 83562 - SUSE SLED10 / SLED11 / SLES10 / SLES11 Security Update : Mozilla Firefox (SUSE-SU-2012:1351-1)
  • 62476 - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 11.04 / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS : firefox vulnerabilities (USN-1600-1)
  • 62548 - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 11.04 / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS : thunderbird vulnerabilities (USN-1611-1)

Version

This page has been produced using Nessus Professional 10.1.2 (#68) LINUX, Plugin set 202205072148.
Plugin file redhat-RHSA-2012-1351.nasl version 1.33. For more plugins, visit the Nessus Plugin Library.

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