CVE-2007-1558 Affecting thunderbird-debuginfo package, versions <0:1.5.0.12-1.el5


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
8.54% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-THUNDERBIRDDEBUGINFO-9882645
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed2 Apr 2007

Introduced: 2 Apr 2007

CVE-2007-1558  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 thunderbird-debuginfo to version 0:1.5.0.12-1.el5 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2007:0401.

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 APOP protocol allows remote attackers to guess the first 3 characters of a password via man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks that use crafted message IDs and MD5 collisions. NOTE: this design-level issue potentially affects all products that use APOP, including (1) Thunderbird 1.x before 1.5.0.12 and 2.x before 2.0.0.4, (2) Evolution, (3) mutt, (4) fetchmail before 6.3.8, (5) SeaMonkey 1.0.x before 1.0.9 and 1.1.x before 1.1.2, (6) Balsa 2.3.16 and earlier, (7) Mailfilter before 0.8.2, and possibly other products.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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