CVE-2023-3417 Affecting thunderbird package, versions <0:102.14.0-1.0.1.el8_8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-THUNDERBIRD-5836443
  • published9 Aug 2023
  • disclosed24 Jul 2023

Introduced: 24 Jul 2023

CVE-2023-3417  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 thunderbird to version 0:102.14.0-1.0.1.el8_8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2023-4497.

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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Thunderbird allowed the Text Direction Override Unicode Character in filenames. An email attachment could be incorrectly shown as being a document file, while in fact it was an executable file. Newer versions of Thunderbird will strip the character and show the correct file extension. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 115.0.1 and Thunderbird < 102.13.1.

CVSS Scores

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