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AlmaLinux 8 : thunderbird (ALSA-2025:18983)

🗓️ 28 Oct 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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AlmaLinux 8 Thunderbird affected by multiple Firefox related vulnerabilities per ALSA-2025:18983.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The package checks in this plugin were extracted from
# AlmaLinux Security Advisory ALSA-2025:18983.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(271862);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/10/28");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2025-11708",
    "CVE-2025-11709",
    "CVE-2025-11710",
    "CVE-2025-11711",
    "CVE-2025-11712",
    "CVE-2025-11714",
    "CVE-2025-11715"
  );
  script_xref(name:"ALSA", value:"2025:18983");
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2025:18983");

  script_name(english:"AlmaLinux 8 : thunderbird (ALSA-2025:18983)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the
ALSA-2025:18983 advisory.

    * thunderbird: firefox: Memory safety bugs (CVE-2025-11714)
      * thunderbird: firefox: Out of bounds read/write in a privileged process triggered by WebGL textures
    (CVE-2025-11709)
      * thunderbird: firefox: Cross-process information leaked due to malicious IPC messages (CVE-2025-11710)
      * thunderbird: firefox: Use-after-free in MediaTrackGraphImpl::GetInstance() (CVE-2025-11708)
      * thunderbird: firefox: An OBJECT tag type attribute overrode browser behavior on web resources without
    a content-type (CVE-2025-11712)
      * thunderbird: firefox: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 140.4, Thunderbird ESR 140.4, Firefox
    144 and Thunderbird 144 (CVE-2025-11715)
      * thunderbird: firefox: Some non-writable Object properties could be modified (CVE-2025-11711)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-18983.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:18983");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected thunderbird package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2025-11715");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_source", value:"CVE-2025-11710");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_cwe_id(119, 125, 284, 416, 436, 497, 787);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2025/10/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/10/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/10/28");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:thunderbird");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Alma Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AlmaLinux/release", "Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}


include('rpm2.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_product = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/product');
if (isnull(os_product) || 'AlmaLinux' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'AlmaLinux');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'AlmaLinux');
if (! preg(pattern:"^8([^0-9]|$)", string:os_version)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'AlmaLinux 8.x', 'AlmaLinux ' + os_version);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('aarch64' >!< cpu && 'ppc' >!< cpu && 's390' >!< cpu && 'x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'AlmaLinux', cpu);

var constraints = [
  {
    'release': '8',
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'thunderbird-140.4.0-2.el8_10.alma.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0', 'allowmaj':TRUE},
      {'reference':'thunderbird-140.4.0-2.el8_10.alma.1', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0', 'allowmaj':TRUE},
      {'reference':'thunderbird-140.4.0-2.el8_10.alma.1', 'cpu':'s390x', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0', 'allowmaj':TRUE},
      {'reference':'thunderbird-140.4.0-2.el8_10.alma.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0', 'allowmaj':TRUE}
    ]
  }
];

var os_release = get_one_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
var os_sp = get_one_kb_item('Host/*/minor_release');

var flag = 0;
var reference;
var sp;
var _cpu;
var el_string;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp;
var epoch;
var allowmaj;
var exists_check;
var cves;
foreach var constraint ( constraints ) {
  # Check that the target release is equal to the affected release
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['release'])){
    if (constraint['release'] != os_release) continue;
  }
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['sp'])){
    if (constraint['sp'] != os_sp) continue;
  }
  foreach var pkg ( constraint['pkgs'] ) {
    reference = NULL;
    sp = NULL;
    _cpu = NULL;
    el_string = NULL;
    rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    epoch = NULL;
    allowmaj = NULL;
    exists_check = NULL;
    cves = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
    if (reference &&
        ## (no known rpm to check OR known rpm_exists)
        (!exists_check || rpm_exists(rpm:exists_check)) &&
        rpm_check(sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'thunderbird');
}

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