SB2017122602 - openSUSE update for MozillaThunderbird
Published: December 26, 2017
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 4 vulnerabilities.
1) Spoofing attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7829)
CWE-ID: CWE-451 - User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information (Clickjacking, spoofing)
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to spoof browser address bar.
The vulnerability exists due to encoded null character is cut off in message header display. A remote attacker can spoof the sender's email address and display an arbitrary sender address to the email recipient.
2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7846)
CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
3) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7847)
CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to leak of local path string from specially crafted CSS and RSS feed. A remote attacker can reveal local path strings, which may contain user name.
4) Spoofing attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7848)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation of user-supplied values in HTTP parameters. A remote attacker can inject new lines into the created email structure via specially crafted RSS fields and modify the message body.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.