The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:0028 advisory.

    Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

    This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 115.6.0.

    Security Fix(es):

    * Mozilla: Heap-buffer-overflow affecting WebGL <code>DrawElementsInstanced</code> method with Mesa VM     driver (CVE-2023-6856)

    * Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 121, Firefox ESR 115.6, and Thunderbird 115.6     (CVE-2023-6864)

    * Mozilla: S/MIME signature accepted despite mismatching message date (CVE-2023-50761)

    * Mozilla: Truncated signed text was shown with a valid OpenPGP signature (CVE-2023-50762)

    * Mozilla: Symlinks may resolve to smaller than expected buffers (CVE-2023-6857)

    * Mozilla: Heap buffer overflow in <code>nsTextFragment</code> (CVE-2023-6858)

    * Mozilla: Use-after-free in PR_GetIdentitiesLayer (CVE-2023-6859)

    * Mozilla: Potential sandbox escape due to <code>VideoBridge</code> lack of texture validation     (CVE-2023-6860)

    * Mozilla: Heap buffer overflow affected <code>nsWindow::PickerOpen(void)</code> in headless mode     (CVE-2023-6861)

    * Mozilla: Use-after-free in <code>nsDNSService</code> (CVE-2023-6862)

    * Mozilla: Undefined behavior in <code>ShutdownObserver()</code> (CVE-2023-6863)

    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.

Detections

Analytics

RHEL 8 : thunderbird (RHSA-2024:0028)

high Nessus Plugin ID 187428

Version 1.3

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.0

Version 1.3 Jun 4, 2024, 7:00 PM Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202406041900
Version 1.2 Apr 28, 2024, 2:25 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202404281425
Version 1.1 Jan 26, 2024, 11:38 AM IAVM reference Plugin Feed: 202401261138
Version 1.0 Jan 2, 2024, 6:45 PM New Plugin Feed: 202401021845