CVE-2023-3417 Affecting thunderbird package, versions <1:102.15.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2204-THUNDERBIRD-5811716
  • published1 Aug 2023
  • disclosed24 Jul 2023

Introduced: 24 Jul 2023

CVE-2023-3417  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:22.04 thunderbird to version 1:102.15.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 or higher.

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:22.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Thunderbird allowed the Text Direction Override Unicode Character in filenames. An email attachment could be incorrectly shown as being a document file, while in fact it was an executable file. Newer versions of Thunderbird will strip the character and show the correct file extension. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 115.0.1 and Thunderbird < 102.13.1.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1