RHEL 9 : thunderbird (RHSA-2024:7853)

high Nessus Plugin ID 208437

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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-2024:7853 advisory.

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

Security Fix(es):

* thunderbird: 115.16/128.3 ()

* firefox: thunderbird: Specially crafted WebTransport requests could lead to denial of service (CVE-2024-9399)

* firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 131 and Thunderbird 131 (CVE-2024-9403)

* firefox: thunderbird: Potential directory upload bypass via clickjacking (CVE-2024-9397)

* firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 131, Firefox ESR 115.16, Firefox ESR 128.3, Thunderbird 131, and Thunderbird 128.3 (CVE-2024-9401)

* firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 131, Firefox ESR 128.3, Thunderbird 131, and Thunderbird 128.3 (CVE-2024-9402)

* firefox: thunderbird: External protocol handlers could be enumerated via popups (CVE-2024-9398)

* firefox: thunderbird: Potential memory corruption during JIT compilation (CVE-2024-9400)

* firefox: thunderbird: Potential memory corruption may occur when cloning certain objects (CVE-2024-9396)

* firefox: thunderbird: Cross-origin access to PDF contents through multipart responses (CVE-2024-9393)

* firefox: thunderbird: Cross-origin access to JSON contents through multipart responses (CVE-2024-9394)

* firefox: thunderbird: Compromised content process can bypass site isolation (CVE-2024-9392)

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-2024:7853.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 208437

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-7853.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 10/9/2024

Updated: 10/16/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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-2024-9402

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-9394

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:thunderbird, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2

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: 10/9/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/1/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-9392, CVE-2024-9393, CVE-2024-9394, CVE-2024-9396, CVE-2024-9397, CVE-2024-9398, CVE-2024-9399, CVE-2024-9400, CVE-2024-9401, CVE-2024-9402, CVE-2024-9403

CWE: 1021, 119, 120, 203, 346, 754, 789, 94

RHSA: 2024:7853

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