RHEL 9 : thunderbird (RHSA-2022:4589)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 164847

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for thunderbird.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2022:4589 advisory.

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 91.9.0.

Security Fix(es):

* Mozilla: Bypassing permission prompt in nested browsing contexts (CVE-2022-29909)

* Mozilla: iframe Sandbox bypass (CVE-2022-29911)

* Mozilla: Fullscreen notification bypass using popups (CVE-2022-29914)

* Mozilla: Leaking browser history with CSS variables (CVE-2022-29916)

* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 100 and Firefox ESR 91.9 (CVE-2022-29917)

* Mozilla: Reader mode bypassed SameSite cookies (CVE-2022-29912)

* Mozilla: Speech Synthesis feature not properly disabled (CVE-2022-29913)

* Mozilla: Incorrect security status shown after viewing an attached email (CVE-2022-1520)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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

Update the RHEL thunderbird package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:4589.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 164847

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-4589.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 9/8/2022

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-29917

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:thunderbird, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/18/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/3/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1520, CVE-2022-29909, CVE-2022-29911, CVE-2022-29912, CVE-2022-29913, CVE-2022-29914, CVE-2022-29916, CVE-2022-29917

CWE: 1021, 1173, 120, 203, 281, 497, 565

IAVA: 2022-A-0190-S

RHSA: 2022:4589

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