CentOS 7 : thunderbird (CESA-2022:1725)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 160682

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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-2022:1725 advisory.

- Mozilla: Incorrect security status shown after viewing an attached email (CVE-2022-1520)

- Mozilla: Bypassing permission prompt in nested browsing contexts (CVE-2022-29909)

- Mozilla: iframe Sandbox bypass (CVE-2022-29911)

- Mozilla: Reader mode bypassed SameSite cookies (CVE-2022-29912)

- Mozilla: Speech Synthesis feature not properly disabled (CVE-2022-29913)

- Mozilla: Fullscreen notification bypass using popups (CVE-2022-29914)

- Mozilla: Leaking browser history with CSS variables (CVE-2022-29916)

- Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 100 and Firefox ESR 91.9 (CVE-2022-29917)

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 160682

File Name: centos_RHSA-2022-1725.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 5/6/2022

Updated: 1/3/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-29917

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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: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/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/6/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/3/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1520, CVE-2022-29909, CVE-2022-29911, CVE-2022-29912, CVE-2022-29913, CVE-2022-29914, CVE-2022-29916, CVE-2022-29917

CWE: 20, 120, 200, 203, 281, 565, 1021

IAVA: 2022-A-0190-S, 2022-A-0188-S

RHSA: 2022:1725