CVE-2024-8383 Affecting thunderbird package, versions <1:115.15.0-1~deb12u1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-THUNDERBIRD-7924814
- published 9 Sep 2024
- disclosed 3 Sep 2024
Introduced: 3 Sep 2024
CVE-2024-8383 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:12 thunderbird to version 1:115.15.0-1~deb12u1 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.
Firefox normally asks for confirmation before asking the operating system to find an application to handle a scheme that the browser does not support. It did not ask before doing so for the Usenet-related schemes news: and snews:. Since most operating systems don't have a trusted newsreader installed by default, an unscrupulous program that the user downloaded could register itself as a handler. The website that served the application download could then launch that application at will. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 130, Firefox ESR < 128.2, and Firefox ESR < 115.15.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-8383
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1908496
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-39/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-40/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-41/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-43/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-44/