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HistoryMar 05, 2024 - 12:00 a.m.

Mozilla Thunderbird < 115.8.1

2024-03-0500:00:00
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mozilla thunderbird
macos
encryption flaw
subject leakage
vulnerability
mfsa2024-11 advisory.

7.5 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.7%

The version of Thunderbird installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 115.8.1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the mfsa2024-11 advisory.

  • The encrypted subject of an email message could be incorrectly and permanently assigned to an arbitrary other email message in Thunderbird’s local cache. Consequently, when replying to the contaminated email message, the user might accidentally leak the confidential subject to a third party. While this update fixes the bug and avoids future message contamination, it does not automatically repair existing contaminations. Users are advised to use the repair folder functionality, which is available from the context menu of email folders, which will erase incorrect subject assignments. (CVE-2024-1936)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
## 
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#                                  
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory mfsa2024-11.
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mozilla Foundation.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(191537);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/03/21");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2024-1936");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2024-A-0133-S");

  script_name(english:"Mozilla Thunderbird < 115.8.1");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"A mail client installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by a vulnerability.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of Thunderbird installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 115.8.1. It is, therefore,
affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the mfsa2024-11 advisory.

  - The encrypted subject of an email message could be incorrectly and permanently assigned to an arbitrary
    other email message in Thunderbird's local cache. Consequently, when replying to the contaminated email
    message, the user might accidentally leak the confidential subject to a third party. While this update
    fixes the bug and avoids future message contamination, it does not automatically repair existing
    contaminations. Users are advised to use the repair folder functionality, which is available from the
    context menu of email folders, which will erase incorrect subject assignments. (CVE-2024-1936)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-11/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Mozilla Thunderbird version 115.8.1 or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2024-1936");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2024/03/04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2024/03/04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/03/05");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:mozilla:thunderbird");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("macosx_thunderbird_installed.nasl");
  script_require_keys("MacOSX/Thunderbird/Installed");

  exit(0);
}

include('mozilla_version.inc');

var kb_base = 'MacOSX/Thunderbird';
get_kb_item_or_exit(kb_base+'/Installed');

var version = get_kb_item_or_exit(kb_base+'/Version', exit_code:1);
var path = get_kb_item_or_exit(kb_base+'/Path', exit_code:1);

var is_esr = get_kb_item(kb_base+'/is_esr');
if (is_esr) exit(0, 'The Mozilla Thunderbird installation is in the ESR branch.');

mozilla_check_version(version:version, path:path, product:'thunderbird', esr:FALSE, fix:'115.8.1', severity:SECURITY_WARNING);
VendorProductVersionCPE
mozillathunderbirdcpe:/a:mozilla:thunderbird