Mozilla Thunderbird < 2.0.0.23 Certificate Authority (CA) Common Name Null Byte Handling SSL MiTM Weaknes
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(40664);
script_version("1.14");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-2408");
script_bugtraq_id(35888);
script_xref(name:"Secunia", value:"36088");
script_name(english:"Mozilla Thunderbird < 2.0.0.23 Certificate Authority (CA) Common Name Null Byte Handling SSL MiTM Weakness");
script_summary(english:"Checks version of Thunderbird");
script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Windows host contains a mail client that is affected by a
security bypass vulnerability." );
script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value:
"The installed version of Thunderbird is earlier than 2.0.0.23. Such
versions are potentially affected by the following security issue :
- The client can be fooled into trusting a malicious SSL
server certificate with a null character in the host name.
(MFSA 2009-42)" );
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2009-42/"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:"Upgrade to Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 or later."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_cwe_id(310);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"vuln_publication_date",
value:"2009/07/30"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"patch_publication_date",
value:"2009/08/20"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"plugin_publication_date",
value:"2009/08/21"
);
script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/16 14:09:15");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:mozilla:thunderbird");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Windows");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_dependencies("mozilla_org_installed.nasl");
script_require_keys("Mozilla/Thunderbird/Version");
exit(0);
}
include("mozilla_version.inc");
port = get_kb_item_or_exit("SMB/transport");
installs = get_kb_list("SMB/Mozilla/Thunderbird/*");
if (isnull(installs)) audit(AUDIT_NOT_INST, "Thunderbird");
mozilla_check_version(installs:installs, product:'thunderbird', esr:FALSE, fix:'2.0.0.23', severity:SECURITY_WARNING);
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