Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data Affecting thunderbird package, versions <0:115.9.0-1.el8_9


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-THUNDERBIRD-6415113
  • published7 Mar 2024
  • disclosed4 Mar 2024

Introduced: 4 Mar 2024

CVE-2024-1936  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-311  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 thunderbird to version 0:115.9.0-1.el8_9 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.

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. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 115.8.1.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1