RHEL 9 : thunderbird (RHSA-2024:2888)

high Nessus Plugin ID 197209

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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 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:2888 advisory.

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 115.11.0.

Security Fix(es):

* firefox: Arbitrary JavaScript execution in PDF.js (CVE-2024-4367)

* firefox: IndexedDB files retained in private browsing mode (CVE-2024-4767)

* firefox: Potential permissions request bypass via clickjacking (CVE-2024-4768)

* firefox: Cross-origin responses could be distinguished between script and non-script content-types (CVE-2024-4769)

* firefox: Use-after-free could occur when printing to PDF (CVE-2024-4770)

* firefox: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 126, Firefox ESR 115.11, and Thunderbird 115.11 (CVE-2024-4777)

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-2024:2888.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 197209

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-2888.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 5/16/2024

Updated: 8/2/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-4367

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.4

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-4770

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:thunderbird, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/16/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/6/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-4367, CVE-2024-4767, CVE-2024-4768, CVE-2024-4769, CVE-2024-4770, CVE-2024-4777

CWE: 120, 212, 416, 451, 754, 829

RHSA: 2024:2888

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