Resources Downloaded over Insecure Protocol Affecting mozilla package, versions [,68.9.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLA-2377542
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed9 Jul 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Jul 2020

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

How to fix?

Upgrade mozilla to version 68.9.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Resources Downloaded over Insecure Protocol. 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 Scores

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