CVE-2021-29948
published 2021-06-24CVE-2021-29948: 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…
PriorityP48low2.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACHPRLUINSUCNILAN
EPSS
0.29%
20.9th percentile
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.
Affected
10 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | thunderbird | < thunderbird 1:78.10.0-1 (bookworm) | thunderbird 1:78.10.0-1 (bookworm) |
| mozilla | firefox | — | — |
| mozilla | thunderbird | < 78.10 | 78.10 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:78.10.0-1 | 1:78.10.0-1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:78.10.0-1 | 1:78.10.0-1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:78.10.0-1 | 1:78.10.0-1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:78.10.0-1 | 1:78.10.0-1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 | 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= unspecified < 78.10 | 78.10 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.12.5LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
nvdv2.01.9LOWAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
osv7.4HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.4HIGH
vendor_debian2.5LOW
vendor_redhat2.5LOW
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Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2021-06-25·CVSS 7.4
CVE-2021-29948 [HIGH] Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Title: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.
USN-4995-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Thunderbird. This update provides
the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
Original advisory details:
Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were
tricked into opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an
attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service,
obtain sensitive information, spoof the UI, bypass security restrictions,
or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-23961, CVE-2021-23981,
CVE-2021-23982, CVE-2021-23987, CVE-2021-23994, CVE-2021-23998,
CVE-2021-23999, CVE-2021-29945, CVE-2021-29946, CVE-2021-29967)
It was discovered that extensions could open popup windows with control
of
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2021-06-22·CVSS 7.4
CVE-2021-23961 [HIGH] Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Title: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.
Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were
tricked into opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an
attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service,
obtain sensitive information, spoof the UI, bypass security restrictions,
or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-23961, CVE-2021-23981,
CVE-2021-23982, CVE-2021-23987, CVE-2021-23994, CVE-2021-23998,
CVE-2021-23999, CVE-2021-29945, CVE-2021-29946, CVE-2021-29967)
It was discovered that extensions could open popup windows with control
of the window title in some circumstances. If a user were tricked into
installing a specially crafted extension, an attacker could potentially
exploit
Red Hat
Mozilla: Race condition when reading from disk while verifying signatures
vendor_redhat·2021-04-19·CVSS 2.5
CVE-2021-29948 [LOW] CWE-367 Mozilla: Race condition when reading from disk while verifying signatures
Mozilla: Race condition when reading from disk while verifying signatures
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.
Package: thunderbird (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Out of support scope
Debian
CVE-2021-29948: thunderbird - Signatures are written to disk before and read during verification, which might ...
vendor_debian·2021·CVSS 2.5
CVE-2021-29948 [LOW] CVE-2021-29948: thunderbird - Signatures are written to disk before and read during verification, which might ...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 1:78.10.0-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 1:78.10.0-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 1:78.10.0-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 1:78.10.0-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 1:78.10.0-1)
Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2021-14: CVE-2021-29948
vendor_mozilla·CVSS 2.5
CVE-2021-29948 [LOW] Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2021-14: CVE-2021-29948
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2021-14
CVE: CVE-2021-29948
Product: Thunderbird
Impact: low
Fixed in: Thunderbird 78.10
GHSA
GHSA-7h9q-985f-8xvm: 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
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24
CVE-2021-29948 [LOW] CWE-362 GHSA-7h9q-985f-8xvm: 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
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.
OSV
thunderbird vulnerabilities
osv·2021-06-25·CVSS 7.4
[HIGH] thunderbird vulnerabilities
thunderbird vulnerabilities
USN-4995-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Thunderbird. This update provides
the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
Original advisory details:
Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were
tricked into opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an
attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service,
obtain sensitive information, spoof the UI, bypass security restrictions,
or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-23961, CVE-2021-23981,
CVE-2021-23982, CVE-2021-23987, CVE-2021-23994, CVE-2021-23998,
CVE-2021-23999, CVE-2021-29945, CVE-2021-29946, CVE-2021-29967)
It was discovered that extensions could open popup windows with control
of the window title in some circumstances. If a user were tricked into
OSV
CVE-2021-29948: 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
osv·2021-06-24·CVSS 2.5
CVE-2021-29948 [LOW] CVE-2021-29948: 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
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.
OSV
thunderbird vulnerabilities
osv·2021-06-22·CVSS 7.4
CVE-2021-23961 [HIGH] thunderbird vulnerabilities
thunderbird vulnerabilities
Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were
tricked into opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an
attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service,
obtain sensitive information, spoof the UI, bypass security restrictions,
or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-23961, CVE-2021-23981,
CVE-2021-23982, CVE-2021-23987, CVE-2021-23994, CVE-2021-23998,
CVE-2021-23999, CVE-2021-29945, CVE-2021-29946, CVE-2021-29967)
It was discovered that extensions could open popup windows with control
of the window title in some circumstances. If a user were tricked into
installing a specially crafted extension, an attacker could potentially
exploit this to spoof a website and trick the user into providing
credentia
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
2021-06-24
Published