The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:5438 advisory.

    Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

    This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 115.3.1.

    Security Fix(es):

    * firefox: use-after-free in workers (CVE-2023-3600)

    * Mozilla: Out-of-bounds write in PathOps (CVE-2023-5169)

    * Mozilla: Use-after-free in Ion Compiler (CVE-2023-5171)

    * Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 118, Firefox ESR 115.3, and Thunderbird 115.3     (CVE-2023-5176)

    * libvpx: Heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding in libvpx (CVE-2023-5217)

    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.

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RHEL 8 : thunderbird (RHSA-2023:5438)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 182555

Version 1.4

Version 1.3

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.0

Version 1.4 Nov 5, 2024, 6:29 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411051829
Version 1.3 Apr 28, 2024, 2:25 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202404281425
Version 1.2 Oct 6, 2023, 10:25 AM IAVM reference Plugin Feed: 202310061025
Version 1.1 Oct 5, 2023, 4:14 PM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" changed from 6.8 to 10.0. "CVSSv2 vector" changed from "CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P" to "CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C") CVSSv2 severity (based on CVE-2023-5217, severity increased from "Medium" to "High") Plugin Feed: 202310051614
Version 1.0 Oct 4, 2023, 11:07 PM New Plugin Feed: 202310042307