Information Exposure Affecting thunderbird package, versions <0:52.1.0-1.0.1.el7_3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.28% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-THUNDERBIRD-2512929
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed11 Jun 2018

Introduced: 11 Jun 2018

CVE-2017-5454  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 thunderbird to version 0:52.1.0-1.0.1.el7_3 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2017-1201.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream thunderbird package and not the thunderbird package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

A mechanism to bypass file system access protections in the sandbox to use the file picker to access different files than those selected in the file picker through the use of relative paths. This allows for read only access to the local file system. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.1, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox < 53.