Improper Authentication Affecting thunderbird-debuginfo package, versions <0:2.0.0.16-1.el5


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.97% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-THUNDERBIRDDEBUGINFO-9878593
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed2 Jul 2008

Introduced: 2 Jul 2008

CVE-2008-2801  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 thunderbird-debuginfo 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-debuginfo package and not the thunderbird-debuginfo package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.15 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.10 do not properly implement JAR signing, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) injection of JavaScript into documents within a JAR archive or (2) a JAR archive that uses relative URLs to JavaScript files.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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