CVE-2021-29957

Summary

CVECVE-2021-29957
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-06-24 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-06-30 17:30:00 UTC
DescriptionIf a MIME encoded email contains an OpenPGP inline signed or encrypted message part, but also contains an additional unprotected part, Thunderbird did not indicate that only parts of the message are protected. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.10.2.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Thunderbird All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1673241 - (CVE-2021-29957) RNP-01-008 WP3 Thunderbird: Partially unencrypted email insufficiently detected (Low) 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)
  • 180342 Debian Security Update for thunderbird (CVE-2021-29957)
  • 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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