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Mozilla Thunderbird < 128.4.3

medium Nessus Plugin ID 210897

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Synopsis

A mail client installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of Thunderbird installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 128.4.3. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the mfsa2024-61 advisory.

 - Using remote content in OpenPGP encrypted messages can lead to the disclosure of plaintext.
 (CVE-2024-11159)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Thunderbird version 128.4.3 or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-61/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 210897

File Name: macos_thunderbird_128_4_3.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 11/13/2024

Updated: 11/20/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-11159

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:thunderbird

Required KB Items: MacOSX/Thunderbird/Installed

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/12/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-11159

IAVA: 2024-A-0749