Insufficiently Protected Credentials Affecting thunderbird package, versions <0:78.9.1-1.el8_3


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.24% (65th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-THUNDERBIRD-2092161
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed8 Mar 2021

Introduced: 8 Mar 2021

CVE-2021-29950  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-522  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 thunderbird to version 0:78.9.1-1.el8_3 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 Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Thunderbird unprotects a secret OpenPGP key prior to using it for a decryption, signing or key import task. If the task runs into a failure, the secret key may remain in memory in its unprotected state. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.8.1.

CVSS Scores

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