CVE-2021-29956

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-29956
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-06-24 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-06-30 20:00:00 UTC
DescriptionOpenPGP secret keys that were imported using Thunderbird version 78.8.1 up to version 78.10.1 were stored unencrypted on the user's local disk. The master password protection was inactive for those keys. Version 78.10.2 will restore the protection mechanism for newly imported keys, and will automatically protect keys that had been imported using affected Thunderbird versions. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.10.2.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-312

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Thunderbird All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1710290 - (CVE-2021-29956) For OpenPGP secret keys imported with Thunderbird versions 78.8.1 - 78.10.1 the master password isn't effective MISC bugzilla.mozilla.org
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 78.10.2 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159247 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for thunderbird (ELSA-2021-2263)
  • 159248 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for thunderbird (ELSA-2021-2264)
  • 178653 Debian Security Update for thunderbird (DSA 4927-1)
  • 178662 Debian Security Update for thunderbird (DLA 2679-1)
  • 179709 Debian Security Update for thunderbird (CVE-2021-29956)
  • 198415 Ubuntu Security Notification for Thunderbird vulnerabilities (USN-4995-1)
  • 198424 Ubuntu Security Notification for Thunderbird vulnerabilities (USN-4995-2)
  • 239360 Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2021:2264)
  • 239361 Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2021:2262)
  • 239416 Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2021:2263)
  • 239417 Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2021:2261)
  • 296053 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 35.94.4 Missing (CPUJUL2021)
  • 352456 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for thunderbird: ALAS2-2021-1681
  • 375578 Mozilla Thunderbird Security Vulnerability (MFSA2021-22)
  • 502381 Alpine Linux Security Update for thunderbird
  • 503632 Alpine Linux Security Update for thunderbird
  • 503634 Alpine Linux Security Update for thunderbird
  • 503650 Alpine Linux Security Update for thunderbird
  • 503669 Alpine Linux Security Update for thunderbird
  • 506260 Alpine Linux Security Update for thunderbird
  • 750810 OpenSUSE Security Update for MozillaThunderbird (openSUSE-SU-2021:1854-1)
  • 940023 AlmaLinux Security Update for thunderbird (ALSA-2021:2264)
  • 960045 Rocky Linux Security Update for thunderbird (RLSA-2021:2264)
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