Amazon Linux 2 : thunderbird, --advisory ALAS2-2026-3219 (ALAS-2026-3219)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 304586

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of thunderbird installed on the remote host is prior to 140.8.0-1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2026-3219 advisory.

A flaw was found in libexpat. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing specially crafted XML content with empty external parameter entities. This could lead to a NULL pointer dereference, causing the application to crash and resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS). (CVE-2026-32776)

A flaw was found in libexpat. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing specially crafted Document Type Definition (DTD) content. This could lead to an infinite loop during parsing, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the application using libexpat. (CVE-2026-32777)

A flaw was found in libexpat. This vulnerability allows an attacker to trigger a NULL pointer dereference in the `setContext` function. This occurs when the system attempts to retry an operation after an out-of- memory condition, which can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) for the affected application.
(CVE-2026-32778)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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

Run 'yum update thunderbird' or or 'yum update --advisory ALAS2-2026-3219' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com//AL2/ALAS2-2026-3219.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-32776.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-32777.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-32778.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 304586

File Name: al2_ALAS-2026-3219.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/1/2026

Updated: 4/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-32778

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:thunderbird

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/1/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/16/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-32776, CVE-2026-32777, CVE-2026-32778