Security features bypass in Mozilla Thunderbird - CVE-2022-3032

 

Security features bypass in Mozilla Thunderbird - CVE-2022-3032

Published: September 1, 2022 / Updated: October 20, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU66920
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-3032
CWE-ID: CWE-254
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists doe to incorrect processing of HTML emails with an iframe</code> element that uses a <code>srcdoc attribute to define the inner HTML document. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted email message and bypass blocking of remote objects specified in the nested document, for example images or videos.


Affected software

Mozilla Thunderbird
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Server
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
SUSE Linux Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Oracle Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Slackware Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages
mozilla-thunderbird
thunderbird (Ubuntu package)
MozillaThunderbird
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other
thunderbird (Red Hat package)
thunderbird

How to mitigate CVE-2022-3032

Install updates from vendor's website.

Mozilla Thunderbird - addressed in versions 102.2.1, 91.13.1
mozilla-thunderbird - update to 102.2.1
thunderbird (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1:102.2.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 1:102.2.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 1:102.2.2+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
MozillaThunderbird - update to 102.2.2-150200.8.82.1
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo - update to 102.2.2-150200.8.82.1
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource - update to 102.2.2-150200.8.82.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common - update to 102.2.2-150200.8.82.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other - update to 102.2.2-150200.8.82.1
thunderbird (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 102.3.0-3.el7_9, 102.3.0-3.el8_1, 102.3.0-3.el8_2, 102.3.0-3.el8_4, 102.3.0-3.el8_6, 102.3.0-3.el9_0
thunderbird - addressed in versions 102.3.0-3.0.1, 102.3.0-3.0.2

External References

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