SUSE SLED15: MozillaThunderbird / MozillaThunderbird-translations-common / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:1736-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 173824

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:1736-1 advisory.

MFSA 2023-12 (bsc#1209953):

- CVE-2023-28427: Matrix SDK bundled with Thunderbird vulnerable to denial-of-service attack (bmo#1822595)

MFSA 2023-11 (bsc#1209173):

- CVE-2023-25751: Incorrect code generation during JIT compilation (bmo#1814899).
- CVE-2023-28164: URL being dragged from a removed cross-origin iframe into the same tab triggered navigation (bmo#1809122).
- CVE-2023-28162: Invalid downcast in Worklets (bmo#1811327).
- CVE-2023-25752: Potential out-of-bounds when accessing throttled streams (bmo#1811627).
- CVE-2023-28163: Windows Save As dialog resolved environment variables (bmo#1817768)
- CVE-2023-28176: Memory safety bugs fixed in Thunderbird 102.9 (bmo#1808352, bmo#1811637, bmo#1815904, bmo#1817442, bmo#1818674).

Mozilla Thunderbird 102.9:

- fixed: Notification about a sender's changed OpenPGP key was not immediately visible (bmo#1814003)
- fixed: TLS Certificate Override dialog did not appear when retrieving messages via IMAP using 'Get Messages' context menu (bmo#1816596)
- fixed: Spellcheck dictionaries were missing from localized Thunderbird builds that should have included them (bmo#1818257)
- fixed: Tooltips for 'Show/Hide' calendar toggle did not display (bmo#1809557)
- fixed: Various security fixes

Mozilla Thunderbird 102.9.1:

- fixed: Thunderbird was unable to open file URLs from command line (URLs beginning with 'file://') (bmo#1816343)
- fixed: Source strings for localized builds not uploaded to FTP as expected (bmo#1817086)
- fixed: Visual and theme improvements (bmo#1821358, bmo#1822286)
- fixed: Security fixes

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

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 MozillaThunderbird, MozillaThunderbird-translations-common and / or MozillaThunderbird-translations- other packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 173824

File Name: suse_SU-2023-1736-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 4/4/2023

Updated: 6/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

Percentile: 96.62

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-28176

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:novell:suse_linux:mozillathunderbird, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillathunderbird-translations-other, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillathunderbird-translations-common, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/3/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/14/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-25751, CVE-2023-25752, CVE-2023-28162, CVE-2023-28163, CVE-2023-28164, CVE-2023-28176, CVE-2023-28427

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:1736-1

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