SB2021042014 - Information disclosure in Mozilla Thunderbird

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SB2021042014 - Information disclosure in Mozilla Thunderbird

Published: April 20, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2021042014
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

Low 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Cleartext storage of sensitive information (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-29950)

CWE-ID: CWE-312 - Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to the way Thunderbird handles secret OpenPGP keys. The application unprotects a secret OpenPGP key prior to using it for a decryption, signing or key import task. If the task runs into a failure, the secret key may remain in memory in its unprotected state. A local user or malicious application can read the key and use it to decrypt email messages.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References