CentOS 4 / 5 : thunderbird (CESA-2011:1267)

high Nessus Plugin ID 56128

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated thunderbird package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact.

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

The RHSA-2011:1243 Thunderbird update rendered HTTPS certificates signed by a certain Certificate Authority (CA) as untrusted, but made an exception for a select few. This update removes that exception, rendering every HTTPS certificate signed by that CA as untrusted.
(BZ#735483)

All Thunderbird users should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves this issue. All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected thunderbird package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 56128

File Name: centos_RHSA-2011-1267.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 9/9/2011

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:thunderbird, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/22/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/22/2011

Reference Information

RHSA: 2011:1267

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