RHEL 7 : thunderbird (RHSA-2021:2881)

high Nessus Plugin ID 152074

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:2881 advisory.

- Mozilla: IMAP server responses sent by a MITM prior to STARTTLS could be processed (CVE-2021-29969)

- Mozilla: Use-after-free in accessibility features of a document (CVE-2021-29970)

- Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 90 and Firefox ESR 78.12 (CVE-2021-29976)

- chromium-browser: Out of bounds write in ANGLE (CVE-2021-30547)

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-2021-29969

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-29970

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-29976

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-30547

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2881

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1970109

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1982013

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1982014

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1982015

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 152074

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-2881.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/26/2021

Updated: 12/6/2023

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-30547

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:7, 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: 7/26/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/8/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-29969, CVE-2021-29970, CVE-2021-29976, CVE-2021-30547

CWE: 120, 345, 416

IAVA: 2021-A-0293-S, 2021-A-0309-S

RHSA: 2021:2881