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AlmaLinux 8 : thunderbird (ALSA-2025:4797)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 235837
Synopsis
The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2025:4797 advisory.* firefox: thunderbird: Privilege escalation in Firefox Updater (CVE-2025-2817)
* firefox: thunderbird: Unsafe attribute access during XPath parsing (CVE-2025-4087)
* firefox: thunderbird: Process isolation bypass using javascript: URI links in cross-origin frames (CVE-2025-4083)
* firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 138, Thunderbird 138, Firefox ESR 128.10, and Thunderbird 128.10 (CVE-2025-4091)
* firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bug fixed in Firefox ESR 128.10 and Thunderbird 128.10 (CVE-2025-4093)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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 thunderbird package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 235837
File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2025-4797.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Family: Alma Linux Local Security Checks
Published: 5/13/2025
Updated: 5/13/2025
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
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-2025-4093
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.1
Temporal Score: 7.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-4083
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:thunderbird
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/12/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/29/2025
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-2817, CVE-2025-4083, CVE-2025-4087, CVE-2025-4091, CVE-2025-4093