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Fedora 27 : thunderbird-enigmail (2017-54288fb74e)

high Nessus Plugin ID 105880

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Update to 1.9.9. This release addresses security vulnerabilities discovered by Cure53. Details can be found in the Security Audit Report:
https://enigmail.net/download/other/Enigmail%20Pentest%20Report%20by%2 0Cure53%20-%20Excerpt.pdf

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Solution

Update the affected thunderbird-enigmail package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-54288fb74e

http://www.nessus.org/u?6620e35f

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 105880

File Name: fedora_2017-54288fb74e.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/15/2018

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:thunderbird-enigmail, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:27

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 12/29/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/29/2017

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