Mozilla: Covert Content Attack on S/MIME encryption using a crafted multipart/alternative message
Published Sep 27, 2019
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.90%
Description
Encrypted S/MIME parts in a crafted multipart/alternative message can leak plaintext when included in a a HTML reply/forward. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.1 and Thunderbird < 60.9.
Affected products
-
Affected
- ≥ unspecified, < 60.9
- ≥ unspecified, < 68.1
Default status is the baseline for the product. Each version can override it (patched versions can be marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | unknown | Affected
|
- < 60.9.0
- ≥ 68.0 · < 68.1.0
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird-0:60.9.0-1.el6_10
Fixed · RHSA-2019:2807
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
thunderbird-0:60.9.0-1.el7_7
Fixed · RHSA-2019:2773
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
thunderbird-0:60.9.0-2.el8_0
Fixed · RHSA-2019:2774
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird
Out of support scope
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird-0:60.9.0-1.el6_10 | Fixed | RHSA-2019:2807 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | thunderbird-0:60.9.0-1.el7_7 | Fixed | RHSA-2019:2773 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | thunderbird-0:60.9.0-2.el8_0 | Fixed | RHSA-2019:2774 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird | Out of support scope | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
In general, this flaw cannot be exploited through email in Thunderbird because scripting is disabled when reading mail, but it may present a risk in browser-like contexts.
References (12)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00009.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00010.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11739 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1571481 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1752307 Issue Tracking
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2019-3409 Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11739
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4150-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11739
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-29/#CVE-2019-11739
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-29/ x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-30/ x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00009.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00010.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11739 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1571481 | x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1752307 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2019-3409 | Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11739 | ||
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4150-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11739 | ||
| https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-29/#CVE-2019-11739 | ||
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-29/ | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-30/ | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
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