Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information Affecting thunderbird-debuginfo package, versions <0:91.6.0-1.amzn2.0.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-THUNDERBIRDDEBUGINFO-2950746
  • published15 Jul 2022
  • disclosed3 Nov 2021

Introduced: 3 Nov 2021

CVE-2021-38502  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-319  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 thunderbird-debuginfo to version 0:91.6.0-1.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2022-1818.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream thunderbird-debuginfo package and not the thunderbird-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

Thunderbird ignored the configuration to require STARTTLS security for an SMTP connection. A MITM could perform a downgrade attack to intercept transmitted messages, or could take control of the authenticated session to execute SMTP commands chosen by the MITM. If an unprotected authentication method was configured, the MITM could obtain the authentication credentials, too. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.2.

CVSS Scores

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