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AlmaLinux 8 : thunderbird (ALSA-2024:10591)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 212099

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2024:10591 advisory.

 * 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)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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 affected thunderbird package.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2024-10591.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10591

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 212099

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2024-10591.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 12/5/2024

Updated: 12/5/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:thunderbird

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/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

CWE: 120, 200, 354, 356, 451, 79

RHSA: 2024:10591