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RHEL 8 : thunderbird (RHSA-2024:8166)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 209112
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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-2024:8166 advisory.Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.
* 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)
* firefox: Use-after-free in Animation timeline (128.3.1 ESR Chemspill) (CVE-2024-9680)
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-2024:8166.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2314431
http://www.nessus.org/u?9e20f9f5
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8166
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2315945
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2315947
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2315949
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2315950
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2315951
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2315952
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2315953
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2315954
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2315956
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2315957
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 209112
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-8166.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 10/16/2024
Updated: 10/17/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Critical
Score: 9.5
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 8.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-9680
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 9.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:thunderbird, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8
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: 10/16/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/1/2024
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 11/5/2024
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, CVE-2024-9680