Vulnerability CVE-2018-5161

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2018-5161 (CCN-143561)

Assigned:

2018-05-18

Published:

2018-05-18

Updated:

2019-03-13

Summary:

Crafted message headers can cause a Thunderbird process to hang on receiving the message. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8 and Thunderbird < 52.8.

CVSS v3 Severity:

4.3 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
3.8 Low (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Low

6.5 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
5.7 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): High

4.3 Medium (REDHAT CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
3.8 Low (REDHAT Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Low

CVSS v2 Severity:

4.3 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Partial

6.8 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Complete

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-20

Vulnerability Consequences:

Denial of Service

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2018-5161

Source: SECTRACK
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
1040946

Source: REDHAT
Type: Third Party Advisory
RHSA-2018:1725

Source: REDHAT
Type: Third Party Advisory
RHSA-2018:1726

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1411720

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
mozilla-thunderbird-cve20185161-dos(143561)

Source: MLIST
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[debian-lts-announce] 20180525 [SECURITY] [DLA 1382-1] thunderbird security update

Source: GENTOO
Type: Third Party Advisory
GLSA-201811-13

Source: UBUNTU
Type: Third Party Advisory
USN-3660-1

Source: DEBIAN
Type: Third Party Advisory
DSA-4209

Source: CCN
Type: Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2018-13
Security vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 52.8

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2:

cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3:

cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

Configuration 4:

cpe:/a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 52.8.0)

OR cpe:/a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 52.8)

Configuration RedHat 1:

cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration RedHat 2:

cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::client:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration RedHat 3:

cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::server:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration RedHat 4:

cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration RedHat 5:

cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration RedHat 6:

cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6::client:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration RedHat 7:

cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6::server:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration RedHat 8:

cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:mozilla:thunderbird:52.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:645	P	Security update for php7 (Moderate) (in QA)	2022-10-04
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20185161	V	CVE-2018-5161	2022-09-02
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3546	P	libICE6-1.0.8-12.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-06-28
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:95176	P	MozillaThunderbird-91.8.0-150200.8.65.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-06-22
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1693	P	Security update for stunnel (Important)	2022-03-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:111905	P	MozillaThunderbird-91.1.1-1.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-01-17
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:64678	P	Security update for apache2 (Important)	2022-01-17
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1137	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2021-11-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:105478	P	MozillaThunderbird-91.1.1-1.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-10-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:66933	P	Security update for gd (Moderate)	2021-09-27
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:71352	P	openssh-7.9p1-4.7 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-09-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:64765	P	Security update for ghostscript (Critical)	2021-09-15
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:70289	P	Security update for libesmtp (Important)	2021-09-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47794	P	libtasn1-4.9-3.5.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47620	P	git-core-2.12.3-27.14.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48320	P	sysvinit-tools-2.88+-101.3.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47673	P	libXdmcp6-1.1.1-12.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48172	P	libpng12-0-1.2.50-19.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47659	P	krb5-appl-clients-1.0.3-1.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48080	P	libXinerama1-1.1.3-3.54 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47619	P	giflib-progs-5.0.5-12.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48211	P	libunwind-1.1-11.3.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47948	P	apache-commons-httpclient-3.1-4.364 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48119	P	libgraphite2-3-1.3.1-10.3.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47755	P	libopenssl1_1-1.1.1-1.9 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47658	P	krb5-1.12.5-40.28.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47987	P	cyrus-sasl-2.1.26-8.7.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47634	P	gstreamer-plugins-base-1.8.3-12.11 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:101020	P	minicom-2.7.1-1.19 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1732	P	open-vm-tools-desktop-11.2.5-1.17 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1098	P	libopenjp2-7-2.3.0-1.25 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1773	P	Security update for MozillaThunderbird (Important)	2021-07-22
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:68012	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 16 for SLE 15 SP1) (Important)	2021-07-14
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:66841	P	Security update for freeradius-server (Moderate)	2021-06-23
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48776	P	gnome-shell-calendar-3.20.4-70.4 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:2435	P	MozillaThunderbird-52.8-1.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48657	P	yast2-3.1.206-36.3 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48886	P	telepathy-gabble-0.18.3-5.7 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48745	P	libsilc-1_1-2-1.1.10-24.128 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48573	P	libzip2-0.11.1-12.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48815	P	raptor-2.0.10-3.67 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48680	P	libIlmImf-Imf_2_1-21-32bit-2.1.0-4.5 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48359	P	DirectFB-1.7.1-6.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48784	P	libFLAC++6-32bit-1.3.0-11.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48719	P	freerdp-1.0.2-7.9 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48618	P	rsyslog-8.4.0-14.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48847	P	lhasa-0.2.0-5.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:63524	P	MozillaThunderbird-52.8-1.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48534	P	libpng12-0-1.2.50-13.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:73624	P	Security update for graphviz (Critical)	2021-05-19
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:68112	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 14 for SLE 15 SP1) (Important)	2021-03-17
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:94307	P	MozillaThunderbird-68.8.0-3.80.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:71465	P	cups-filters-1.25.0-1.107 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:63563	P	MozillaThunderbird-60.6.1-3.28.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:2474	P	MozillaThunderbird-60.6.1-3.28.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:117201	P	MozillaThunderbird-68.8.0-3.80.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:63604	P	MozillaThunderbird-68.8.0-3.80.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:103747	P	MozillaThunderbird-60.6.1-3.28.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:2515	P	MozillaThunderbird-68.8.0-3.80.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:90092	P	MozillaThunderbird-60.6.1-3.28.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:107686	P	MozillaThunderbird-68.8.0-3.80.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26427	P	Security update for python-Django (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25299	P	Security update for webkit2gtk3 (Important)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:50080	P	libvirt on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:50173	P	MozillaThunderbird on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25218	P	Security update for samba (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:50119	P	apache2-mod_php7 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25091	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25643	P	Security update for hunspell (Low)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:50214	P	MozillaThunderbird on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25027	P	Security update for expat (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25789	P	Security update for flash-player (Critical)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25016	P	Security update for qemu (Important)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25590	P	Security update for dovecot22 (Important)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26462	P	Security update for Mozilla Thunderbird (Important)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:50160	P	libpskc-devel on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:73506	P	jcl-over-slf4j on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25745	P	Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25440	P	Security update for python-xdg (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:70184	P	osc on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25731	P	Security update for memcached (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:50134	P	MozillaThunderbird on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25356	P	Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)	2020-12-01
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201851610000000	V	CVE-2018-5161 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2018-06-11
oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20185161000	V	CVE-2018-5161 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.	2018-06-11
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201851610000000	V	CVE-2018-5161 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2018-06-11
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20185161000	V	CVE-2018-5161 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2018-06-11
oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20185161000	V	CVE-2018-5161 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - medium.	2018-06-11
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20185161000	V	CVE-2018-5161 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2018-06-11
oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20181725	P	RHSA-2018:1725: thunderbird security update (Important)	2018-05-24
oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20181726	P	RHSA-2018:1726: thunderbird security update (Important)	2018-05-24

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