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Scientific Linux Security Update : thunderbird on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20180725)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 111343

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Synopsis

The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 52.9.1.

Security Fix(es) :

 - Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 61, Firefox ESR 60.1, and Firefox ESR 52.9 (CVE-2018-5188)

 - Mozilla: Buffer overflow using computed size of canvas element (CVE-2018-12359)

 - Mozilla: Use-after-free using focus() (CVE-2018-12360)

 - Mozilla: Integer overflow in SSSE3 scaler (CVE-2018-12362)

 - Mozilla: Use-after-free when appending DOM nodes (CVE-2018-12363)

 - Mozilla: CSRF attacks through 307 redirects and NPAPI plugins (CVE-2018-12364)

 - thunderbird: S/MIME and PGP decryption oracles can be built with HTML emails (CVE-2018-12372)

 - thunderbird: S/MIME plaintext can be leaked through HTML reply/forward (CVE-2018-12373)

 - Mozilla: Compromised IPC child process can list local filenames (CVE-2018-12365)

 - Mozilla: Invalid data handling during QCMS transformations (CVE-2018-12366)

 - thunderbird: Using form to exfiltrate encrypted mail part by pressing enter in form field (CVE-2018-12374)

Solution

Update the affected thunderbird and / or thunderbird-debuginfo packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?e5920f14

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 111343

File Name: sl_20180725_thunderbird_on_SL6_x.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/26/2018

Updated: 9/3/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-5188

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:thunderbird-debuginfo, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:thunderbird

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/25/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/18/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-12359, CVE-2018-12360, CVE-2018-12362, CVE-2018-12363, CVE-2018-12364, CVE-2018-12365, CVE-2018-12366, CVE-2018-12372, CVE-2018-12373, CVE-2018-12374, CVE-2018-5188