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Oracle Linux 5 / 6 / 7 : thunderbird (ELSA-2016-2825)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 95410

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 / 7 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2016-2825 advisory.

 [45.5.0-1.0.1]
 - Replaced thunderbird-redhat-default-prefs.js with thunderbird-oracle-default-prefs.js

 [45.5.0-1]
 - Update to 45.5.0

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected thunderbird package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-2825.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 95410

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-2825.nasl

Version: 2.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/30/2016

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-5290

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: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:thunderbird, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/29/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5290

RHSA: 2016:2825