Detections
Analytics

Debian DSA-5221-1 : thunderbird - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 164492

Language:

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5221 advisory.

 Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird, which could result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code. For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 1:91.13.0-1~deb11u1. We recommend that you upgrade your thunderbird packages. For the detailed security status of thunderbird please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security- tracker.debian.org/tracker/thunderbird

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the thunderbird packages.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 1

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/thunderbird

https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5221

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-38472

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-38473

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-38478

https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/thunderbird

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 164492

File Name: debian_DSA-5221.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/29/2022

Updated: 1/24/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-38478

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lightning, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-uz, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-ga-ie, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-rm, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-cak, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-af, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-en-ca, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-es-es, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-kab, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-nn-no, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-pl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-ru, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-hu, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-sq, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-fy-nl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-hr, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-zh-cn, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-zh-tw, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-vi, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-pt-pt, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-th, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-sr, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-ast, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-ja, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-sl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-tr, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-en-gb, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-bg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-ar, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-gl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-lv, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-sk, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-el, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-fi, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-de, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-fr, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-it, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-pt-br, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-lt, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-nb-no, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-hsb, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-da, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-is, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-ca, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-nl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-cs, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-pa-in, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-ro, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-uk, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-es-ar, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-he, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-ko, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-all, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-eu, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-et, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-gd, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-be, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-ms, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-br, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-kk, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-id, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-ka, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-hy-am, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-dsb, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-sv-se, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird-l10n-cy

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/29/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/23/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-38472, CVE-2022-38473, CVE-2022-38478

IAVA: 2022-A-0342-S