Oracle Linux 9 : thunderbird (ELSA-2026-70642)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 350196

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-70642 advisory.

[140.16.0-1.0.1]
- Fix prefs for new nss [Orabug: 37079813]
- Add Oracle prefs

[140.16.0]
- Add OpenELA debranding

[140.16.0-1]
- Update to 140.16.0 ESR

[140.15.0-1]
- Update to 140.15.0 ESR

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 350196

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-70642.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 9/25/2026

Updated: 9/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 93.74

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-2026-84143

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:thunderbird

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-16365, CVE-2026-75874, CVE-2026-84119, CVE-2026-84120, CVE-2026-84121, CVE-2026-84122, CVE-2026-84124, CVE-2026-84131, CVE-2026-84143, CVE-2026-84145, CVE-2026-84639, CVE-2026-84640, CVE-2026-84641, CVE-2026-92005, CVE-2026-92006, CVE-2026-92007, CVE-2026-92008, CVE-2026-92009, CVE-2026-92010, CVE-2026-92011, CVE-2026-92012, CVE-2026-92013, CVE-2026-92014, CVE-2026-92015, CVE-2026-92016, CVE-2026-92017, CVE-2026-92018, CVE-2026-92019, CVE-2026-92020, CVE-2026-92021, CVE-2026-92022, CVE-2026-92023, CVE-2026-92024, CVE-2026-92025, CVE-2026-92026, CVE-2026-92027, CVE-2026-92028, CVE-2026-92029, CVE-2026-92030, CVE-2026-92031, CVE-2026-92032, CVE-2026-92238, CVE-2026-92239, CVE-2026-92240

IAVA: 2026-A-0767-S, 2026-A-0929-S, 2026-A-1017

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