RHEL 6 : thunderbird (RHSA-2020:2613)

high Nessus Plugin ID 137665

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:2613 advisory.

- Mozilla: Security downgrade with IMAP STARTTLS leads to information leakage (CVE-2020-12398)

- Mozilla: Use-after-free in SharedWorkerService (CVE-2020-12405)

- Mozilla: JavaScript Type confusion with NativeTypes (CVE-2020-12406)

- Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 77 and Firefox ESR 68.9 (CVE-2020-12410)

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-2020-12398

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12405

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12406

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12410

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2613

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1843030

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1843312

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1843313

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1846556

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 137665

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-2613.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/19/2020

Updated: 3/6/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-12410

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:6.0, 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: 6/19/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/2/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-12398, CVE-2020-12405, CVE-2020-12406, CVE-2020-12410

CWE: 120, 200, 416, 843

IAVA: 2020-A-0238-S, 2020-A-0344-S

RHSA: 2020:2613