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MiracleLinux 8 : thunderbird-78.9.1-1.0.1.el8 (AXSA:2021-1686:06)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 294145
Synopsis
The remote MiracleLinux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote MiracleLinux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2021-1686:06 advisory.* Mozilla: An attacker may use Thunderbird's OpenPGP key refresh mechanism to poison an existing key (CVE-2021-23991)
* Mozilla: A crafted OpenPGP key with an invalid user ID could be used to confuse the user (CVE-2021-23992)
* Mozilla: Inability to send encrypted OpenPGP email after importing a crafted OpenPGP key (CVE-2021-23993)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux 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: Medium
ID: 294145
File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2021-1686.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Published: 1/20/2026
Updated: 1/20/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.0
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-23993
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 6.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-23991
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:thunderbird, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:8
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/MiracleLinux/release, Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/16/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/8/2021