Mozilla Thunderbird < 78.5.1

high Nessus Plugin ID 143425

Synopsis

A mail client installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of Thunderbird installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 78.5.1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the mfsa2020-53 advisory. Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Thunderbird version 78.5.1 or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-53/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 143425

File Name: macos_thunderbird_78_5_1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 12/2/2020

Updated: 1/27/2021

Supported Sensors: 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-2020-26970

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:/a:mozilla:thunderbird

Required KB Items: MacOSX/Thunderbird/Installed

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/1/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/1/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-26970

MFSA: 2020-53