RHEL 8 : thunderbird (RHSA-2020:2048)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 136470

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:2048 advisory.

- Mozilla: Use-after-free during worker shutdown (CVE-2020-12387)

- Mozilla: Arbitrary local file access with 'Copy as cURL' (CVE-2020-12392)

- Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 76 and Firefox ESR 68.8 (CVE-2020-12395)

- Mozilla: Sender Email Address Spoofing using encoded Unicode characters (CVE-2020-12397)

- usrsctp: Buffer overflow in AUTH chunk input validation (CVE-2020-6831)

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 affected thunderbird package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6831

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12387

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12392

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12395

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12397

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2048

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1831761

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1831763

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1831764

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1831765

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1832565

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 136470

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-2048.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/11/2020

Updated: 3/13/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-12395

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-6831

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:thunderbird

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/11/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/5/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-12387, CVE-2020-12392, CVE-2020-12395, CVE-2020-12397, CVE-2020-6831

CWE: 120, 172, 416, 552

IAVA: 2020-A-0190-S

RHSA: 2020:2048