The version of Thunderbird installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 78.5. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2020-52 advisory.

  - Mozilla developers Steve Fink, Jason Kratzer, Randell Jesup, Christian Holler, and Byron Campen reported     memory safety bugs present in Thunderbird 78.4. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption     and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2020-26968)

  - In Freetype, if PNG images were embedded into fonts, the <code>LoadSBitPng</code> function contained an     integer overflow that led to a heap buffer overflow, memory corruption, and an exploitable crash. Note:
    While Project Zero did discover instances of this vulnerability being exploited in the wild against     Chrome, in Thunderbird this vulnerability is only triggerable if a rarely-used, hidden preference is     toggled, and only affected Linux and Android operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected;
    and Linux and Android are unaffected in the default configuration. (CVE-2020-15999)

  - A parsing and event loading mismatch in Thunderbird's SVG code could have allowed load events to fire,     even after sanitization. An attacker already capable of exploiting an XSS vulnerability in privileged     internal pages could have used this attack to bypass our built-in sanitizer. (CVE-2020-26951)

  - When drawing a transparent image on top of an unknown cross-origin image, the Skia library     <code>drawImage</code> function took a variable amount of time depending on the content of the underlying     image. This resulted in potential cross-origin information exposure of image content through timing side-     channel attacks. (CVE-2020-16012)

  - It was possible to cause the browser to enter fullscreen mode without displaying the security UI; thus     making it possible to attempt a phishing attack or otherwise confuse the user. (CVE-2020-26953)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

This update for MozillaFirefox fixes the following issues :

  - Firefox Extended Support Release 78.5.0 ESR     (bsc#1178824)

  - CVE-2020-26951: Parsing mismatches could confuse and     bypass security sanitizer for chrome privileged code

  - CVE-2020-16012: Variable time processing of cross-origin     images during drawImage calls

  - CVE-2020-26953: Fullscreen could be enabled without     displaying the security UI

  - CVE-2020-26956: XSS through paste (manual and clipboard     API)

  - CVE-2020-26958: Requests intercepted through     ServiceWorkers lacked MIME type restrictions

  - CVE-2020-26959: Use-after-free in WebRequestService

  - CVE-2020-26960: Potential use-after-free in uses of     nsTArray

  - CVE-2020-15999: Heap buffer overflow in freetype

  - CVE-2020-26961: DoH did not filter IPv4 mapped IP     Addresses

  - CVE-2020-26965: Software keyboards may have remembered     typed passwords

  - CVE-2020-26966: Single-word search queries were also     broadcast to local network

  - CVE-2020-26968: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 83     and Firefox ESR 78.5

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

This update for MozillaThunderbird fixes the following issues :

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  - Mozilla Thunderbird 78.5.0

  - new: OpenPGP: Added option to disable attaching the     public key to a signed message (bmo#1654950)

  - new: MailExtensions: 'compose_attachments' context added     to Menus API (bmo#1670822)

  - new: MailExtensions: Menus API now available on     displayed messages (bmo#1670825)

  - changed: MailExtensions: browser.tabs.create will now     wait for 'mail-delayed-startup-finished' event     (bmo#1674407)

  - fixed: OpenPGP: Support for inline PGP messages improved     (bmo#1672851)

  - fixed: OpenPGP: Message security dialog showed     unverified keys as unavailable (bmo#1675285)

  - fixed: Chat: New chat contact menu item did not function     (bmo#1663321)

  - fixed: Various theme and usability improvements     (bmo#1673861)

  - fixed: Various security fixes MFSA 2020-52 (bsc#1178894)

  - CVE-2020-26951 (bmo#1667113) Parsing mismatches could     confuse and bypass security sanitizer for chrome     privileged code

  - CVE-2020-16012 (bmo#1642028) Variable time processing of     cross-origin images during drawImage calls

  - CVE-2020-26953 (bmo#1656741) Fullscreen could be enabled     without displaying the security UI

  - CVE-2020-26956 (bmo#1666300) XSS through paste (manual     and clipboard API)

  - CVE-2020-26958 (bmo#1669355) Requests intercepted     through ServiceWorkers lacked MIME type restrictions

  - CVE-2020-26959 (bmo#1669466) Use-after-free in     WebRequestService

  - CVE-2020-26960 (bmo#1670358) Potential use-after-free in     uses of nsTArray

  - CVE-2020-15999 (bmo#1672223) Heap buffer overflow in     freetype

  - CVE-2020-26961 (bmo#1672528) DoH did not filter IPv4     mapped IP Addresses

  - CVE-2020-26965 (bmo#1661617) Software keyboards may have     remembered typed passwords

  - CVE-2020-26966 (bmo#1663571) Single-word search queries     were also broadcast to local network

  - CVE-2020-26968 (bmo#1551615, bmo#1607762, bmo#1656697,     bmo#1657739, bmo#1660236, bmo#1667912, bmo#1671479,     bmo#1671923) Memory safety bugs fixed in Thunderbird     78.5

  - Mozilla Thunderbird 78.4.3 

  - fixed: User interface was inconsistent when switching     from the default theme to the dark theme and back to the     default theme (bmo#1659282)

  - fixed: Email subject would disappear when hovering over     it with the mouse when using Windows 7 Classic theme     (bmo#1675970)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

This update for MozillaFirefox fixes the following issues :

Firefox Extended Support Release 78.5.0 ESR (bsc#1178824)

  - CVE-2020-26951: Parsing mismatches could confuse and     bypass security sanitizer for chrome privileged code

  - CVE-2020-16012: Variable time processing of cross-origin     images during drawImage calls

  - CVE-2020-26953: Fullscreen could be enabled without     displaying the security UI

  - CVE-2020-26956: XSS through paste (manual and clipboard     API)

  - CVE-2020-26958: Requests intercepted through     ServiceWorkers lacked MIME type restrictions

  - CVE-2020-26959: Use-after-free in WebRequestService

  - CVE-2020-26960: Potential use-after-free in uses of     nsTArray

  - CVE-2020-15999: Heap buffer overflow in freetype

  - CVE-2020-26961: DoH did not filter IPv4 mapped IP     Addresses

  - CVE-2020-26965: Software keyboards may have remembered     typed passwords

  - CVE-2020-26966: Single-word search queries were also     broadcast to local network

  - CVE-2020-26968: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 83     and Firefox ESR 78.5

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
143059	Mozilla Thunderbird < 78.5	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	11/18/2020	11/18/2025	critical
143352	openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox (openSUSE-2020-2020)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	11/30/2020	2/6/2025	critical
143540	openSUSE Security Update : MozillaThunderbird (openSUSE-2020-2187)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	12/8/2020	2/6/2025	critical
143723	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2020:3458-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	12/9/2020	2/6/2025	critical

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