Thunderbird: If a Thunderbird user has previously imported Alice's OpenPGP key, and Alice has extended the validity…
CVE-2021-23991 is fixed in 7 products on 2 platforms, first by RHSA-2021:1193, released April 14, 2021. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.
If a Thunderbird user has previously imported Alice's OpenPGP key, and Alice has extended the validity period of her key, but Alice's updated key has not yet been imported, an attacker may send an email containing a crafted version of Alice's key with an invalid subkey, Thunderbird might subsequently attempt to use the invalid subkey, and will fail to send encrypted email to Alice. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.9.1.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows apps | |||
| Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US) | 78.10.0 | Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US) 78.10.0 | Apr 15, 2021 |
| Linux | |||
| thunderbird · RHEL 8 | 0:78.9.1-1.el8_3 | RHSA-2021:1193 | Apr 14, 2021 |
| thunderbird · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | thunderbird 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | Jun 1, 2021 |
| thunderbird · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 | thunderbird 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 | Jun 1, 2021 |
| thunderbird · ol 8 | 0:78.9.1-1.0.1.el8_3 | ELSA-2021-1193 | Apr 15, 2021 |
| thunderbird-gnome-support · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | thunderbird-gnome-support 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | Jun 1, 2021 |
| thunderbird-gnome-support · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 | thunderbird-gnome-support 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 | Jun 1, 2021 |
| thunderbird-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | thunderbird-mozsymbols 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | Jun 1, 2021 |
| thunderbird-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 | thunderbird-mozsymbols 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 | Jun 1, 2021 |
| xul-ext-calendar-timezones · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | xul-ext-calendar-timezones 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | Jun 1, 2021 |
| xul-ext-calendar-timezones · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 | xul-ext-calendar-timezones 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 | Jun 1, 2021 |
| xul-ext-gdata-provider · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | xul-ext-gdata-provider 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | Jun 1, 2021 |
| xul-ext-gdata-provider · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 | xul-ext-gdata-provider 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 | Jun 1, 2021 |
| xul-ext-lightning · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | xul-ext-lightning 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | Jun 1, 2021 |
| xul-ext-lightning · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 | xul-ext-lightning 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 | Jun 1, 2021 |
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