SUSE update for MozillaThunderbird

Published: 2024-09-10

Risk	High
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2024-34703 CVE-2016-0913
CWE-ID	CWE-400 CWE-20
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Package Hub 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system openSUSE Leap Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system MozillaThunderbird-debugsource Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component MozillaThunderbird-translations-other Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component MozillaThunderbird-translations-common Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component MozillaThunderbird Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component
Vendor	SUSE

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU96994

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-34703

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when parsing X.509 certificates. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected package MozillaThunderbird to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15: SP5 - SP6

SUSE Package Hub 15: 15-SP5 - 15-SP6

SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15: SP5 - SP6

openSUSE Leap: 15.5 - 15.6

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15: SP5 - SP6

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15: SP5 - SP6

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15: SP5 - SP6

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS: 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro: 5.5

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15: SP5

MozillaThunderbird-debugsource: before 115.12.2-150200.8.168.1

MozillaThunderbird-translations-other: before 115.12.2-150200.8.168.1

MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo: before 115.12.2-150200.8.168.1

MozillaThunderbird-translations-common: before 115.12.2-150200.8.168.1

MozillaThunderbird: before 115.12.2-150200.8.168.1

CPE2.3

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20242415-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Arbitrary code execution

EUVDB-ID: #VU762

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 8.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-0913

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation