Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting thunderbird package, versions <1:68.5.0-1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-THUNDERBIRD-1560935
- published 11 Feb 2020
- disclosed 2 Mar 2020
Introduced: 11 Feb 2020
CVE-2020-6798 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:12 thunderbird to version 1:68.5.0-1 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.
If a template tag was used in a select tag, the parser could be confused and allow JavaScript parsing and execution when it should not be allowed. A site that relied on the browser behaving correctly could suffer a cross-site scripting vulnerability as a result. In general, this flaw cannot be exploited through email in the Thunderbird product because scripting is disabled when reading mail, but is potentially a risk in browser or browser-like contexts. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.5, Firefox < 73, and Firefox < ESR68.5.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-6798
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-02
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-10
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-05/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-06/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-07/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1602944
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4328-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4335-1/
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2020-6798
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4278-2/