Security Features Affecting thunderbird package, versions <0:38.4.0-1.el7_2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.69% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-THUNDERBIRD-4570854
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed4 Nov 2015

Introduced: 4 Nov 2015

CVE-2015-7193  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-254  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 thunderbird to version 0:38.4.0-1.el7_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:2519.

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:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Mozilla Firefox before 42.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.4 improperly follow the CORS cross-origin request algorithm for the POST method in situations involving an unspecified Content-Type header manipulation, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy by leveraging the lack of a preflight-request step.

CVSS Scores

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