Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Affecting thunderbird package, versions <0:102.14.0-1.el9_2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.67% (49th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS9-THUNDERBIRD-5804221
  • published25 Jul 2023
  • disclosed20 Jul 2023

Introduced: 20 Jul 2023

CVE-2023-3417  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-434  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:9 thunderbird to version 0:102.14.0-1.el9_2 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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Thunderbird allowed the Text Direction Override Unicode Character in filenames. An email attachment could be incorrectly shown as being a document file, while in fact it was an executable file. Newer versions of Thunderbird will strip the character and show the correct file extension. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 115.0.1 and Thunderbird < 102.13.1.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1