Origin Validation Error Affecting thunderbird package, versions <1:68.8.0-1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-THUNDERBIRD-1560816
- published 6 May 2020
- disclosed 22 May 2020
Introduced: 6 May 2020
CVE-2020-12397 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:12 thunderbird to version 1:68.8.0-1 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:12 relevant fixed versions and status.
By encoding Unicode whitespace characters within the From email header, an attacker can spoof the sender email address that Thunderbird displays. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.8.0.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-12397
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-03
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-18/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1617370
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4373-1/
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2020-12397
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