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RHEL 9 : thunderbird (RHSA-2024:10703)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 212005
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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-2024:10703 advisory.Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.
Security Fix(es):
* thunderbird: Potential disclosure of plaintext in OpenPGP encrypted message (CVE-2024-11159)
* firefox: thunderbird: CSP Bypass and XSS Exposure via Web Compatibility Shims (CVE-2024-11694)
* firefox: thunderbird: Unhandled Exception in Add-on Signature Verification (CVE-2024-11696)
* firefox: thunderbird: Select list elements could be shown over another site (CVE-2024-11692)
* firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 133, Thunderbird 133, Firefox ESR 128.5, and Thunderbird 128.5 (CVE-2024-11699)
* firefox: thunderbird: URL Bar Spoofing via Manipulated Punycode and Whitespace Characters (CVE-2024-11695)
* firefox: thunderbird: Improper Keypress Handling in Executable File Confirmation Dialog (CVE-2024-11697)
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-2024:10703.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2325896
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2328941
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2328943
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2328946
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2328947
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2328948
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2328950
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 212005
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-10703.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 12/2/2024
Updated: 12/2/2024
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: 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: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:thunderbird, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.0
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: 12/2/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-11159, CVE-2024-11692, CVE-2024-11694, CVE-2024-11695, CVE-2024-11696, CVE-2024-11697, CVE-2024-11699