Improper Certificate Validation Affecting thunderbird package, versions <0:91.10.0-1.0.1.el9_0
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE9-THUNDERBIRD-2938949
- published 4 Jun 2022
- disclosed 22 Dec 2022
Introduced: 4 Jun 2022
CVE-2022-1834 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Oracle:9 thunderbird to version 0:91.10.0-1.0.1.el9_0 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2022-4892.
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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
When displaying the sender of an email, and the sender name contained the Braille Pattern Blank space character multiple times, Thunderbird would have displayed all the spaces. This could have been used by an attacker to send an email message with the attacker's digital signature, that was shown with an arbitrary sender email address chosen by the attacker. If the sender name started with a false email address, followed by many Braille space characters, the attacker's email address was not visible. Because Thunderbird compared the invisible sender address with the signature's email address, if the signing key or certificate was accepted by Thunderbird, the email was shown as having a valid digital signature. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.10.
References
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2022-1834.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2022-4887.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2022-4891.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2022-4892.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1767816
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-22/