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CentOS 7 : thunderbird (CESA-2021:0996)
high Nessus Plugin ID 148185
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Synopsis
The remote CentOS Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote CentOS Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2021:0996 advisory.- Mozilla: Texture upload into an unbound backing buffer resulted in an out-of-bound read (CVE-2021-23981)
- Mozilla: Internal network hosts could have been probed by a malicious webpage (CVE-2021-23982)
- Mozilla: Malicious extensions could have spoofed popup information (CVE-2021-23984)
- Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 87 and Firefox ESR 78.9 (CVE-2021-23987)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected thunderbird package.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?1b0ddb79
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/120.html
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 148185
File Name: centos_RHSA-2021-0996.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 3/26/2021
Updated: 6/3/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-23987
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: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:thunderbird, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/26/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/23/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-23981, CVE-2021-23982, CVE-2021-23984, CVE-2021-23987