Oracle Linux 6 : thunderbird (ELSA-2019-2807)

high Nessus Plugin ID 129088

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2019:2807 :

An update for thunderbird is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

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 60.9.0.

Security Fix(es) :

* Mozilla: Covert Content Attack on S/MIME encryption using a crafted multipart/alternative message (CVE-2019-11739)

* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 69, Firefox ESR 68.1, and Firefox ESR 60.9 (CVE-2019-11740)

* Mozilla: Same-origin policy violation with SVG filters and canvas to steal cross-origin images (CVE-2019-11742)

* Mozilla: XSS by breaking out of title and textarea elements using innerHTML (CVE-2019-11744)

* Mozilla: Use-after-free while manipulating video (CVE-2019-11746)

* Mozilla: Use-after-free while extracting a key value in IndexedDB (CVE-2019-11752)

* Mozilla: Cross-origin access to unload event attributes (CVE-2019-11743)

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-September/009178.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 129088

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-2807.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/20/2019

Updated: 5/29/2020

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-11752

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:6, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:thunderbird

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: 9/19/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/27/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-11739, CVE-2019-11740, CVE-2019-11742, CVE-2019-11743, CVE-2019-11744, CVE-2019-11746, CVE-2019-11752

RHSA: 2019:2807