RHEL 6 : thunderbird (RHSA-2011:1342)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 56327

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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 6 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2011:1342 advisory.

- Mozilla: Code installation through holding down Enter (MFSA 2011-40) (CVE-2011-2372)

- Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (MFSA 2011-36) (CVE-2011-2995)

- Mozilla: Integer underflow when using JavaScript RegExp (MFSA 2011-37) (CVE-2011-2998)

- Mozilla: XSS via plugins and shadowed window.location object (MFSA 2011-38) (CVE-2011-2999)

- Mozilla: Defense against multiple Location headers due to CRLF Injection (MFSA 2011-39) (CVE-2011-3000)

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-2011:1342.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 56327

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2011-1342.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 9/29/2011

Updated: 4/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

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-2011-2998

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:thunderbird, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 9/28/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/28/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2372, CVE-2011-2995, CVE-2011-2998, CVE-2011-2999, CVE-2011-3000

CWE: 190, 79

RHSA: 2011:1342

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