Input validation error in Mozilla Thunderbird - CVE-2023-29479

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Input validation error in Mozilla Thunderbird - CVE-2023-29479

Published: April 11, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU74972
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29479
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the Ribose RNP library when parsing PKESK/SKESK packets. A remote attacker can send specially crafted OpenPGP messages to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Mozilla Thunderbird
Debian Linux
Oracle Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
CentOS
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Fedora
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Oracle Solaris
Slackware Linux
SUSE Package Hub 15
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
RNP
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
rnp
thunderbird (Ubuntu package)
mozilla-thunderbird
thunderbird (Debian package)
thunderbird (Red Hat package)
thunderbird
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo
MozillaThunderbird
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common

How to mitigate CVE-2023-29479

Install updates from vendor's website.

Mozilla Thunderbird - update to 102.10.0
RNP - update to 0.16.3
rnp - addressed in versions 0.16.3-1.el8, 0.16.3-1.el9, 0.16.3-1.fc36, 0.16.3-1.fc37, 0.16.3-1.fc38
thunderbird (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1:102.10.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 1:102.10.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 1:102.10.0+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 1:102.10.0+build2-0ubuntu0.22.10.1
mozilla-thunderbird - update to 102.10.0
thunderbird (Debian package) - update to 1:102.10.0-1~deb11u1
thunderbird (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 102.10.0-2.el7_9, 102.10.0-2.el8_1, 102.10.0-2.el8_2, 102.10.0-2.el8_4, 102.10.0-2.el8_6, 102.10.0-2.el8_7, 102.10.0-2.el9_0, 102.10.0-2.el9_1
thunderbird - update to 102.10.0-2.0.1
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource - update to 102.10.1-150200.8.113.2
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other - update to 102.10.1-150200.8.113.2
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo - update to 102.10.1-150200.8.113.2
MozillaThunderbird - update to 102.10.1-150200.8.113.2
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common - update to 102.10.1-150200.8.113.2

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