Spoofing attack in Mozilla Thunderbird - CVE-2023-3417

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Spoofing attack in Mozilla Thunderbird - CVE-2023-3417

Published: July 21, 2023 / Updated: July 25, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU78541
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-2023-3417
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of the Text Direction Override Unicode Character in filenames. A remote attacker can show a potentially dangerous email attachment as a document file.


Affected software

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

How to mitigate CVE-2023-3417

Install updates from vendor's website.

Mozilla Thunderbird - addressed in versions 102.13.1, 115.0.1
mozilla-thunderbird - update to 102.13.1
thunderbird (Debian package) - addressed in versions 1:102.13.1-1~deb11u1, 1:102.13.1-1~deb12u1
thunderbird (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 102.14.0-1.el7_9, 102.14.0-1.el8_1, 102.14.0-1.el8_2, 102.14.0-1.el8_4, 102.14.0-1.el8_6, 102.14.0-1.el8_8, 102.14.0-1.el9_0, 102.14.0-1.el9_2
thunderbird - addressed in versions 102.14.0-1.0.1, 102.14.0-3.0.1
thunderbird (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1:102.15.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 1:102.15.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 1:102.15.0+build1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource - update to 115.0.1-150200.8.124.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common - update to 115.0.1-150200.8.124.1
MozillaThunderbird - update to 115.0.1-150200.8.124.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other - update to 115.0.1-150200.8.124.1
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo - update to 115.0.1-150200.8.124.1
mail-client/thunderbird - update to 115.7.0
mail-client/thunderbird-bin - update to 115.7.0

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