RHEL 8 : thunderbird (RHSA-2023:4063)

high Nessus Plugin ID 178251

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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 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:4063 advisory.

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 102.13.0.

Security Fix(es):

* Mozilla: Use-after-free in WebRTC certificate generation (CVE-2023-37201)

* Mozilla: Potential use-after-free from compartment mismatch in SpiderMonkey (CVE-2023-37202)

* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 115, Firefox ESR 102.13, and Thunderbird 102.13 (CVE-2023-37211)

* Mozilla: Fullscreen notification obscured (CVE-2023-37207)

* Mozilla: Lack of warning when opening Diagcab files (CVE-2023-37208)

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-2023:4063.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 178251

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-4063.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 7/13/2023

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: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-37211

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: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:thunderbird, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

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: 7/13/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/4/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-37201, CVE-2023-37202, CVE-2023-37207, CVE-2023-37208, CVE-2023-37211

CWE: 1127, 120, 290, 416

IAVA: 2023-A-0331-S

RHSA: 2023:4063

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