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Mozilla Thunderbird < 102.9.1

high Nessus Plugin ID 173623

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Synopsis

A mail client installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of Thunderbird installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 102.9.1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the mfsa2023-12 advisory.

 - Thunderbird users who use the Matrix chat protocol were vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack.
 (CVE-2023-28427)

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

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Thunderbird version 102.9.1 or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-12/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 173623

File Name: macos_thunderbird_102_9_1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 3/29/2023

Updated: 4/13/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-28427

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:thunderbird

Required KB Items: MacOSX/Thunderbird/Installed

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/28/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/28/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-28427

IAVA: 2023-A-0166-S