Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature Affecting thunderbird package, versions <1:60.5.1-1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-THUNDERBIRD-337386
- published 15 Feb 2019
- disclosed 26 Apr 2019
Introduced: 15 Feb 2019
CVE-2018-18509 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10 thunderbird to version 1:60.5.1-1 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 Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.
A flaw during verification of certain S/MIME signatures causes emails to be shown in Thunderbird as having a valid digital signature, even if the shown message contents aren't covered by the signature. The flaw allows an attacker to reuse a valid S/MIME signature to craft an email message with arbitrary content. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.5.1.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-18509
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152703/Johnny-You-Are-Fired.html
- https://github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired
- https://github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired/blob/master/paper/johnny-fired.pdf
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-06/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00043.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/30/4
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1507218
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1144
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Apr/38
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-18509