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MiracleLinux 4 : thunderbird-45.3.0-1.AXS4 (AXSA:2016-652:06)
high Nessus Plugin ID 289183
Synopsis
The remote MiracleLinux host is missing a security update.Description
The remote MiracleLinux 4 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2016-652:06 advisory.Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.
Security issues fixed with this release:
CVE-2016-2836 Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to Http2Session::Shutdown and SpdySession31::Shutdown, and other vectors.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected thunderbird package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 289183
File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2016-652.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Published: 1/16/2026
Updated: 1/16/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
Vendor
Vendor Severity: High
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-2836
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:miracle:linux:thunderbird, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:4
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MiracleLinux/release, Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/6/2016
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/2/2016
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2016-2836