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Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities - Oct 12 (Mac OS X)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The host is installed with Mozilla Thunderbird and is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.
Insight
Insight
The flaws are due to - An error while handling navigation away from a web page that has multiple menus of SELECT elements active, which allows remote attackers to conduct clickjacking attacks. - An invalid cast when using the instance of operator on certain types of JavaScript objects. - An error when implementing the HTML5 Same Origin Policy, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by leveraging initial-origin access after document.domain has been set.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Thunderbird versions before 16.0 on Mac OS X
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Thunderbird version 16.0 or later.
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50856
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50935
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-76.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-75.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-80.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird