RHEL 5 / 6 / 7 : thunderbird (RHSA-2015:2519)

high Nessus Plugin ID 87100

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for thunderbird.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6 / 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2015:2519 advisory.

- Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:38.4) (MFSA 2015-116) (CVE-2015-4513)

- Mozilla: Buffer overflow during image interactions in canvas (MFSA 2015-123) (CVE-2015-7189)

- Mozilla: CORS preflight is bypassed when non-standard Content-Type headers are received (MFSA 2015-127) (CVE-2015-7193)

- Mozilla: Mixed content WebSocket policy bypass through workers (MFSA 2015-132) (CVE-2015-7197)

- Mozilla: Vulnerabilities found through code inspection (MFSA 2015-131) (CVE-2015-7198, CVE-2015-7199, CVE-2015-7200)

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 RHEL thunderbird package based on the guidance in RHSA-2015:2519.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?5b6e9d31

http://www.nessus.org/u?70227354

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2519

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1277332

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1277344

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1277346

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1277350

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1277351

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 87100

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2015-2519.nasl

Version: 2.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/30/2015

Updated: 4/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-7200

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-7199

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:thunderbird, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/26/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/5/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-4513, CVE-2015-7189, CVE-2015-7193, CVE-2015-7197, CVE-2015-7198, CVE-2015-7199, CVE-2015-7200

CWE: 119

RHSA: 2015:2519