Oracle Linux 8 : thunderbird (ELSA-2019-1623)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 127595

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2019:1623 :

An update for thunderbird is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 60.7.2.

Security Fix(es) :

* Mozilla: Type confusion in Array.pop (CVE-2019-11707)

* thunderbird: Stack buffer overflow in icalrecur_add_bydayrules in icalrecur.c (CVE-2019-11705)

* Mozilla: Sandbox escape using Prompt:Open (CVE-2019-11708)

* thunderbird: Heap buffer over read in icalparser.c parser_get_next_char (CVE-2019-11703)

* thunderbird: Heap buffer overflow in icalmemory_strdup_and_dequote function in icalvalue.c (CVE-2019-11704)

* thunderbird: Type confusion in icaltimezone_get_vtimezone_properties function in icalproperty.c (CVE-2019-11706)

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.

Solution

Update the affected thunderbird package.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2019-August/008988.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 127595

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-1623.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/12/2019

Updated: 4/25/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-11708

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:thunderbird, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/1/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/23/2019

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/13/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-11703, CVE-2019-11704, CVE-2019-11705, CVE-2019-11706, CVE-2019-11707, CVE-2019-11708

RHSA: 2019:1623