CVE-2009-3274 Affecting thunderbird package, versions <0:2.0.0.24-2.el5_4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-THUNDERBIRD-9874675
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed9 Sept 2009

Introduced: 9 Sep 2009

CVE-2009-3274  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 thunderbird to version 0:2.0.0.24-2.el5_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2010:0153.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream thunderbird package and not the thunderbird package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Mozilla Firefox 3.6a1, 3.5.3, 3.5.2, and earlier 3.5.x versions, and 3.0.14 and earlier 2.x and 3.x versions, on Linux uses a predictable /tmp pathname for files selected from the Downloads window, which allows local users to replace an arbitrary downloaded file by placing a file in a /tmp location before the download occurs, related to the Download Manager component. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1