Security Fix(es) :

  - Mozilla: Use-after-free in worker destruction     (CVE-2019-17008)

  - Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 71 and     Firefox ESR 68.3 (CVE-2019-17012)

  - Mozilla: Buffer overflow in plain text serializer     (CVE-2019-17005)

  - Mozilla: Use-after-free when performing device     orientation checks (CVE-2019-17010)

  - Mozilla: Use-after-free when retrieving a document in     antitracking (CVE-2019-17011)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2019-4108 advisory.

    - Added fix for mozbz#1348168/CVE-2017-5428

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.

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2019-4205 advisory.

    [68.3.0-3.0.1]
    - Replaced thunderbird-redhat-default-prefs.js with thunderbird-oracle-default-prefs.js

    [68.3.0-3]
    - Update to 68.3.0 build2

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.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Under certain conditions, when checking the Resist Fingerprinting preference during device orientation     checks, a race condition could have caused a use-after-free and a potentially exploitable crash. This     vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.3, Firefox ESR < 68.3, and Firefox < 71. (CVE-2019-17010)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

An update for thunderbird is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 68.3.0.

Security Fix(es) :

* Mozilla: Use-after-free in worker destruction (CVE-2019-17008)

* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 71 and Firefox ESR 68.3 (CVE-2019-17012)

* Mozilla: Buffer overflow in plain text serializer (CVE-2019-17005)

* Mozilla: Use-after-free when performing device orientation checks (CVE-2019-17010)

* Mozilla: Use-after-free when retrieving a document in antitracking (CVE-2019-17011)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:0292 advisory.

    Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

    This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 68.4.1.

    Security Fix(es):

    * Mozilla: IonMonkey type confusion with StoreElementHole and FallibleStoreElement (CVE-2019-17026)

    * Mozilla: Use-after-free in worker destruction (CVE-2019-17008)

    * Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 71 and Firefox ESR 68.3 (CVE-2019-17012)

    * Mozilla: Bypass of @namespace CSS sanitization during pasting (CVE-2019-17016)

    * Mozilla: Type Confusion in XPCVariant.cpp (CVE-2019-17017)

    * Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 72 and Firefox ESR 68.4 (CVE-2019-17024)

    * Mozilla: Buffer overflow in plain text serializer (CVE-2019-17005)

    * Mozilla: Use-after-free when performing device orientation checks (CVE-2019-17010)

    * Mozilla: Use-after-free when retrieving a document in antitracking (CVE-2019-17011)

    * Mozilla: CSS sanitization does not escape HTML tags (CVE-2019-17022)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
131830	Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20191205)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	12/9/2019	4/5/2024	high
180734	Oracle Linux 6 : firefox (ELSA-2019-4108)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	9/7/2023	10/22/2024	high
180656	Oracle Linux 6 : thunderbird (ELSA-2019-4205)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	9/7/2023	10/22/2024	high
244413	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2019-17010	Nessus	Misc.	8/6/2025	8/6/2025	high
132401	CentOS 6 : thunderbird (CESA-2019:4205)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	12/27/2019	4/2/2024	high
133384	RHEL 8 : thunderbird (RHSA-2020:0292)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	1/31/2020	11/7/2024	high

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