CVE-2019-17009 Affecting MozillaThunderbird-translations-other package, versions <68.3.0-3.61.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-MOZILLATHUNDERBIRDTRANSLATIONSOTHER-2720187
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed18 Dec 2019

Introduced: 18 Dec 2019

CVE-2019-17009  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 MozillaThunderbird-translations-other to version 68.3.0-3.61.2 or higher.

NVD Description

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

When running, the updater service wrote status and log files to an unrestricted location; potentially allowing an unprivileged process to locate and exploit a vulnerability in file handling in the updater service. Note: This attack requires local system access and only affects Windows. Other operating systems are not affected.. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.3, Firefox ESR < 68.3, and Firefox < 71.

CVSS Scores

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