SUSE SLED15: MozillaThunderbird / MozillaThunderbird-translations-common / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:3059-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 179120

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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-2023:3059-1 advisory.

Mozilla Thunderbird was updated to version 115.0.1 (bsc#1212438):

- CVE-2023-3600: Fixed use-after-free in workers (bmo#1839703).
- CVE-2023-3417: Fixed File Extension Spoofing using the Text Direction Override Character (bmo#1835582).

Bugfixes:

- changed: Added Thunderbird Supernova branding to about:dialog (bmo#1842102)
- fixed: Message list was not updated when message was deleted from server outside of Thunderbird (bmo#1837041)
- fixed: Scrolling behaved unexpectedly when moving to next message unread message in another folder (bmo#1841711)
- fixed: Scrolling animation was unnecessarily used when switching or toggling the sort column in message list (bmo#1838522)
- fixed: Attempting to delete a message and then cancelling the action still marked the message as read (bmo#793353)
- fixed: Unified Toolbar could not be customized under certain tabs (bmo#1841480)
- fixed: Selecting a folder with one or more subfolders and pressing enter did not expand folder (bmo#1841200)
- fixed: Tooltips did not appear when hovering over folders (bmo#1839780)
- fixed: Deleting large amounts of messages from Trash folder consumed excessive time and memory (bmo#1833665)
- fixed: Message Summary header buttons were not keyboard accessible (bmo#1827199)
- fixed: 'New' button in Message Filters dialog was not keyboard accessible (bmo#1841477)
- fixed: Backing up secret keys from OpenPGP Key Manager dialog silently failed (bmo#1839415)
- fixed: Various visual and UX improvements (bmo#1843172,bmo#1831422,bmo#1838360,bmo#1842319)

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: 179120

File Name: suse_SU-2023-3059-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/1/2023

Updated: 6/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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-2023-3600

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

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: 7/31/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/4/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-3417, CVE-2023-3600

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:3059-1

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