RHEL 8 : thunderbird (RHSA-2023:4074)

high Nessus Plugin ID 178268

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:4074 advisory.

- Mozilla: Use-after-free in WebRTC certificate generation (CVE-2023-37201)

- Mozilla: Potential use-after-free from compartment mismatch in SpiderMonkey (CVE-2023-37202)

- Mozilla: Fullscreen notification obscured (CVE-2023-37207)

- Mozilla: Lack of warning when opening Diagcab files (CVE-2023-37208)

- Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 115, Firefox ESR 102.13, and Thunderbird 102.13 (CVE-2023-37211)

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 RHEL thunderbird package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:4074.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 178268

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-4074.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 7/13/2023

Updated: 4/28/2024

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: 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-2023-37211

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:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:thunderbird

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/13/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/4/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-37201, CVE-2023-37202, CVE-2023-37207, CVE-2023-37208, CVE-2023-37211

CWE: 1127, 120, 290, 416

IAVA: 2023-A-0331-S

RHSA: 2023:4074

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