SB2020050802 - Spoofing attack in thunderbird (Alpine package)



SB2020050802 - Spoofing attack in thunderbird (Alpine package)

Published: May 8, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2020050802
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Spoofing attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12397)

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.