SB2020050802 - Spoofing attack in thunderbird (Alpine package)
Published: May 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020050802
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Spoofing attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12397)
CWE-ID: CWE-451 - User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information (Clickjacking, spoofing)
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of sender email addresses. A remote attacker can spoof an email address using encoded Unicode characters.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.