Race Condition Affecting thunderbird package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-THUNDERBIRD-1615819
  • published6 May 2021
  • disclosed24 Jun 2021

Introduced: 6 May 2021

CVE-2021-29948  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:16.04 thunderbird.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream thunderbird package and not the thunderbird package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Signatures are written to disk before and read during verification, which might be subject to a race condition when a malicious local process or user is replacing the file. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.10.

CVSS Scores

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