Thunderbird: Signatures are written to disk before and read during verification, which might be subject to a race…
CVE-2021-29948 is fixed in 7 products on 2 platforms, first by Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US) 78.10.0, released April 15, 2021. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.
Signatures are written to disk before and read during verification, which might be subject to a race condition when a malicious local process or user is replacing the file. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.10.
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 | 0:78.10.0-1.el8_3 | RHSA-2021:1353 | Apr 26, 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 | 0:78.10.0-1.0.1.el8_3 | ELSA-2021-1353 | Apr 27, 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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