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Improper Authentication Affecting thunderbird package, versions <1:60.5.0-1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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    0.7% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-THUNDERBIRD-1561043
  • published 30 Jan 2019
  • disclosed 5 Feb 2019
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Introduced: 30 Jan 2019

CVE-2018-18505 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-287 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 thunderbird to version 1:60.5.0-1 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.

An earlier fix for an Inter-process Communication (IPC) vulnerability, CVE-2011-3079, added authentication to communication between IPC endpoints and server parents during IPC process creation. This authentication is insufficient for channels created after the IPC process is started, leading to the authentication not being correctly applied to later channels. This could allow for a sandbox escape through IPC channels due to lack of message validation in the listener process. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.5, Firefox ESR < 60.5, and Firefox < 65.

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