Information Exposure Affecting thunderbird package, versions <0:52.8.0-1.el7_5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.92% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-THUNDERBIRD-4834928
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed18 May 2018

Introduced: 18 May 2018

CVE-2018-5162  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 thunderbird to version 0:52.8.0-1.el7_5 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:1725.

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.

Plaintext of decrypted emails can leak through the src attribute of remote images, or links. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8 and Thunderbird < 52.8.