SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : MozillaThunderbird (SUSE-SU-2025:03007-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 258108

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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-2025:03007-1 advisory.

Updated to Mozilla Thunderbird 140.2 MFSA 2025-72 (bsc#1248162):
* CVE-2025-9179: Sandbox escape due to invalid pointer in the Audio/Video: GMP component
* CVE-2025-9180: Same-origin policy bypass in the Graphics: Canvas2D component
* CVE-2025-9181: Uninitialized memory in the JavaScript Engine component
* CVE-2025-9182: Denial-of-service due to out-of-memory in the Graphics:
WebRender component
* CVE-2025-9184: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 140.2, Thunderbird ESR 140.2, Firefox 142 and Thunderbird 142
* CVE-2025-9185: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 115.27, Firefox ESR 128.14, Thunderbird ESR 128.14, Firefox ESR 140.2, Thunderbird ESR 140.2, Firefox 142 and Thunderbird 142

Other fixes:
* Users were unable to use Fastmail calendars due to missing OAuth settings
* Account setup error handling was broken for Account hub
* Menu bar was hidden after updating from 128esr to 140esr

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: 258108

File Name: suse_SU-2025-03007-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/29/2025

Updated: 8/29/2025

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: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-9185

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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: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: 8/28/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/19/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-9179, CVE-2025-9180, CVE-2025-9181, CVE-2025-9182, CVE-2025-9184, CVE-2025-9185

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:03007-1

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