Upstream information

CVE-2020-12397 at MITRE

Description

By encoding Unicode whitespace characters within the From email header, an attacker can spoof the sender email address that Thunderbird displays. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.8.0.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4.3
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4.3
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact None
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1171186 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Liberty Linux 7
  • thunderbird >= 68.8.0-1.el7_8
 Patchnames:
RHSA-2020:2050
SUSE Liberty Linux 8
  • thunderbird >= 68.8.0-1.el8_2
 Patchnames:
RHSA-2020:2046
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP1
  • MozillaThunderbird >= 68.8.0-3.80.2
  • MozillaThunderbird-translations-common >= 68.8.0-3.80.2
  • MozillaThunderbird-translations-other >= 68.8.0-3.80.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP1-2020-1225
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP2
  • MozillaThunderbird >= 68.8.0-3.80.2
  • MozillaThunderbird-translations-common >= 68.8.0-3.80.2
  • MozillaThunderbird-translations-other >= 68.8.0-3.80.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP2 GA MozillaThunderbird-68.8.0-3.80.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP3
  • MozillaThunderbird >= 78.10.0-8.23.1
  • MozillaThunderbird-translations-common >= 78.10.0-8.23.1
  • MozillaThunderbird-translations-other >= 78.10.0-8.23.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP3 GA MozillaThunderbird-78.10.0-8.23.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP4
  • MozillaThunderbird >= 91.8.0-150200.8.65.1
  • MozillaThunderbird-translations-common >= 91.8.0-150200.8.65.1
  • MozillaThunderbird-translations-other >= 91.8.0-150200.8.65.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP4 GA MozillaThunderbird-91.8.0-150200.8.65.1
openSUSE Leap 15.1
  • MozillaThunderbird >= 68.8.0-lp151.2.38.2
  • MozillaThunderbird-translations-common >= 68.8.0-lp151.2.38.2
  • MozillaThunderbird-translations-other >= 68.8.0-lp151.2.38.2
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2020-643
openSUSE Leap 15.2
  • MozillaThunderbird >= 68.9.0-lp152.1.4
  • MozillaThunderbird-translations-common >= 68.9.0-lp152.1.4
  • MozillaThunderbird-translations-other >= 68.9.0-lp152.1.4
 Patchnames:
openSUSE Leap 15.2 GA MozillaThunderbird-68.9.0-lp152.1.1
openSUSE Leap 15.3
  • MozillaThunderbird >= 78.10.0-bp153.1.1
  • MozillaThunderbird-translations-common >= 78.10.0-bp153.1.1
  • MozillaThunderbird-translations-other >= 78.10.0-bp153.1.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE Leap 15.3 GA MozillaThunderbird-78.10.0-8.23.1
openSUSE Leap 15.4
  • MozillaThunderbird >= 91.8.0-150200.8.65.1
  • MozillaThunderbird-translations-common >= 91.8.0-150200.8.65.1
  • MozillaThunderbird-translations-other >= 91.8.0-150200.8.65.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE Leap 15.4 GA MozillaThunderbird-91.8.0-150200.8.65.1
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • MozillaThunderbird >= 91.1.1-1.1
  • MozillaThunderbird-translations-common >= 91.1.1-1.1
  • MozillaThunderbird-translations-other >= 91.1.1-1.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10601

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 MozillaThunderbird Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 MozillaThunderbird Released
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 MozillaThunderbird Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 MozillaThunderbird Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 MozillaThunderbird Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 MozillaThunderbird Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 MozillaThunderbird Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 MozillaThunderbird Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 MozillaThunderbird Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 MozillaThunderbird Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP1 MozillaThunderbird Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP2 MozillaThunderbird Released

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu May 7 01:20:40 2020
CVE page last modified: Sun Jun 16 01:03:17 2024