Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information Affecting MozillaThunderbird-translations-common package, versions <68.9.0-3.85.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.98% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-MOZILLATHUNDERBIRDTRANSLATIONSCOMMON-2709576
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed8 Jul 2020

Introduced: 8 Jul 2020

CVE-2020-12398  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-319  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 MozillaThunderbird-translations-common to version 68.9.0-3.85.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream MozillaThunderbird-translations-common package and not the MozillaThunderbird-translations-common package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.2 relevant fixed versions and status.

If Thunderbird is configured to use STARTTLS for an IMAP server, and the server sends a PREAUTH response, then Thunderbird will continue with an unencrypted connection, causing email data to be sent without protection. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.9.0.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1