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Scientific Linux Security Update : thunderbird on SL7.x x86_64 (2022:7184)

high Nessus Plugin ID 166777

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Scientific Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SLSA-2022:7184-1 advisory.

 - Mozilla: Matrix SDK bundled with Thunderbird vulnerable to an impersonation attack by malicious server administrators (CVE-2022-39249)

 - Mozilla: Matrix SDK bundled with Thunderbird vulnerable to a device verification attack (CVE-2022-39250)

 - Mozilla: Matrix SDK bundled with Thunderbird vulnerable to an impersonation attack (CVE-2022-39251)

 - Mozilla: Same-origin policy violation could have leaked cross-origin URLs (CVE-2022-42927)

 - Mozilla: Memory Corruption in JS Engine (CVE-2022-42928)

 - Mozilla: Matrix SDK bundled with Thunderbird vulnerable to a data corruption issue (CVE-2022-39236)

 - Mozilla: Denial of Service via window.print (CVE-2022-42929)

 - Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 102.4 and Thunderbird 102.4 (CVE-2022-42932)

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 affected thunderbird and / or thunderbird-debuginfo packages.

See Also

https://www.scientificlinux.org/category/sl-errata/slsa-20227184-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 166777

File Name: sl_20221025_thunderbird_on_SL7_x.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/1/2022

Updated: 1/4/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, 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-2022-42932

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:fermilab:scientific_linux, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:thunderbird, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:thunderbird-debuginfo

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/25/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/28/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-39236, CVE-2022-39249, CVE-2022-39250, CVE-2022-39251, CVE-2022-42927, CVE-2022-42928, CVE-2022-42929, CVE-2022-42932

IAVA: 2022-A-0393-S, 2022-A-0444-S

RHSA: RHSA-2022:7184