Insufficiently Protected Credentials Affecting thunderbird package, versions <0:78.9.1-1.el7_9


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.24% (65th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-THUNDERBIRD-8016142
  • published17 Sept 2024
  • disclosed8 Mar 2021

Introduced: 8 Mar 2021

CVE-2021-29950  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-522  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 thunderbird to version 0:78.9.1-1.el7_9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:1192.

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.

Thunderbird unprotects a secret OpenPGP key prior to using it for a decryption, signing or key import task. If the task runs into a failure, the secret key may remain in memory in its unprotected state. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.8.1.

CVSS Scores

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