Race Condition Affecting thunderbird package, versions <91.3.2-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE321-THUNDERBIRD-8489853
  • published6 Dec 2024
  • disclosed24 Jun 2021

Introduced: 24 Jun 2021

CVE-2021-29948  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.21 thunderbird to version 91.3.2-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream thunderbird package and not the thunderbird package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.21 relevant fixed versions and status.

Signatures are written to disk before and read during verification, which might be subject to a race condition when a malicious local process or user is replacing the file. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.10.

CVSS Scores

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