Improper Input Validation Affecting thunderbird package, versions <0:2.0.0.16-1.el5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.96% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-THUNDERBIRD-9878588
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed2 Jul 2008

Introduced: 2 Jul 2008

CVE-2008-2809  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 thunderbird to version 0:2.0.0.16-1.el5 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2008:0616.

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 1.9 M8 and earlier, Mozilla Firefox 2 before 2.0.0.15, SeaMonkey 1.1.5 and other versions before 1.1.10, Netscape 9.0, and other Mozilla-based web browsers, when a user accepts an SSL server certificate on the basis of the CN domain name in the DN field, regard the certificate as also accepted for all domain names in subjectAltName:dNSName fields, which makes it easier for remote attackers to trick a user into accepting an invalid certificate for a spoofed web site.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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