CVE-2021-29969

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-29969
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-08-05 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-12-09 19:03:00 UTC
DescriptionIf Thunderbird was configured to use STARTTLS for an IMAP connection, and an attacker injected IMAP server responses prior to the completion of the STARTTLS handshake, then Thunderbird didn't ignore the injected data. This could have resulted in Thunderbird showing incorrect information, for example the attacker could have tricked Thunderbird to show folders that didn't exist on the IMAP server. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.12.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-552

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Thunderbird All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-14) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 78.12 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org
Access Denied MISC bugzilla.mozilla.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159321 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for thunderbird (ELSA-2021-2881)
  • 159323 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for thunderbird (ELSA-2021-2883)
  • 178706 Debian Security Update for thunderbird (DSA 4940-1)
  • 178715 Debian Security Update for thunderbird (DLA 2711-1)
  • 179680 Debian Security Update for thunderbird (CVE-2021-29969)
  • 198479 Ubuntu Security Notification for Thunderbird Vulnerabilities (USN-5058-1)
  • 198481 Ubuntu Security Notification for Thunderbird Vulnerabilities (USN-5058-1)
  • 198483 Ubuntu Security Notification for Thunderbird Vulnerabilities (USN-5058-1)
  • 239507 Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2021:2914)
  • 239508 Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2021:2883)
  • 239509 Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2021:2882)
  • 239510 Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2021:2881)
  • 352834 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for thunderbird: ALAS2-2021-1709
  • 375717 Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA2021-30)
  • 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
  • 710585 Gentoo Linux Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-14)
  • 750883 OpenSUSE Security Update for MozillaThunderbird (openSUSE-SU-2021:2458-1)
  • 750916 OpenSUSE Security Update for MozillaThunderbird (openSUSE-SU-2021:1091-1)
  • 940333 AlmaLinux Security Update for thunderbird (ALSA-2021:2883)
  • 960075 Rocky Linux Security Update for thunderbird (RLSA-2021:2883)
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