Access Restriction Bypass Affecting thunderbird-debuginfo package, versions <0:2.0.0.17-1.el5


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.33% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-THUNDERBIRDDEBUGINFO-9878336
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed23 Sept 2008

Introduced: 23 Sep 2008

CVE-2008-4058  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 thunderbird-debuginfo to version 0:2.0.0.17-1.el5 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2008:0908.

NVD Description

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

The XPConnect component in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 and 3.x before 3.0.2, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.17, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.12 allows remote attackers to "pollute XPCNativeWrappers" and execute arbitrary code with chrome privileges via vectors related to (1) chrome XBL and (2) chrome JS.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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