QID 357328

Date Published: 2024-03-19

QID 357328: Amazon Linux Security Advisory for thunderbird : ALAS2-2024-2497

The encrypted subject of an email message could be incorrectly and permanently assigned to an arbitrary other email message in thunderbird's local cache.
Consequently, when replying to the contaminated email message, the user might accidentally leak the confidential subject to a third party.
While this update fixes the bug and avoids future message contamination, it does not automatically repair existing contaminations.
Users are advised to use the repair folder functionality, which is available from the context menu of email folders, which will erase incorrect subject assignments.
This vulnerability affects thunderbird < 115.8.1. (
( CVE-2024-1936)



Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a securitybreach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 8.6 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.4 severity.
    • Solution
    Please refer to Amazon advisory: ALAS2-2024-2497 for affected packages and patching details, or update with your package manager.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 357328

    CVE-2024-1936 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    ALAS2-2024-2497 amazon linux 2 URL Logo alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2024-2497.html
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