Origin Validation Error Affecting MozillaThunderbird package, versions <68.8.0-3.80.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.61% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-MOZILLATHUNDERBIRD-3251993
  • published27 Jan 2023
  • disclosed8 May 2020

Introduced: 8 May 2020

CVE-2020-12397  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-346  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 MozillaThunderbird to version 68.8.0-3.80.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream MozillaThunderbird package and not the MozillaThunderbird package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 relevant fixed versions and status.

By encoding Unicode whitespace characters within the From email header, an attacker can spoof the sender email address that Thunderbird displays. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.8.0.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1