CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
94.7%
Thunderbird/Seamonkey is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900390");
script_version("2024-02-16T05:06:55+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-16 05:06:55 +0000 (Fri, 16 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-06-30 16:55:49 +0200 (Tue, 30 Jun 2009)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-2210");
script_name("Mozilla Thunderbird/Seamonkey DoS Vulnerability (Jun 2009) - Linux");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/51315");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35461");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-33.html");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("gb_seamonkey_detect_lin.nasl", "gb_thunderbird_detect_lin.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Mozilla/Firefox_or_Seamonkey_or_Thunderbird/Linux/Installed");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attacker to execute arbitrary code via
e-mail messages, and result in Denial of Service condition.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Seamonkey version prior to 1.1.17 and
Thunderbird version prior to 2.0.0.22 on Linux.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists when application fails to handle user input messages via
a multipart or alternative e-mail message containing a text or enhanced part
that triggers access to an incorrect object type.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Seamonkey version 1.1.17
Upgrade to Thunderbird version 2.0.0.22.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Thunderbird/Seamonkey is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
smVer = get_kb_item("Seamonkey/Linux/Ver");
if(smVer != NULL)
{
if(version_is_less(version:smVer, test_version:"1.1.17")){
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:smVer, fixed_version:"1.1.17");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
exit(0);
}
}
tbVer = get_kb_item("Thunderbird/Linux/Ver");
if(tbVer != NULL)
{
if(version_is_less(version:tbVer, test_version:"2.0.0.22")){
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:tbVer, fixed_version:"2.0.0.22");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
}
}