PT-2018-3740 · Mozilla+5 · Thunderbird+5

Christian Dresen + 7 · Published 2018-05-18 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2018-5184

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Thunderbird ESR versions prior to 52.8 Thunderbird versions prior to 52.8

Description The issue is related to the implementation of the S/MIME protocol in the Thunderbird email client, which is associated with insufficiently robust data encryption. This can lead to the disclosure of plaintext when using remote content in encrypted messages. Exploitation of the issue may allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to protected information.

Recommendations For Thunderbird ESR versions prior to 52.8, update to version 52.8 or later. For Thunderbird versions prior to 52.8, update to version 52.8 or later.

Fix

Inadequate Encryption Strength

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-326

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-1753

BDU:2021-04136

CESA-2018_1725

CESA-2018_1726

CVE-2018-5184

DLA-1382-1

DSA-4209-1

MGASA-2018-0261

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_1361-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10601-1

RHSA-2018:1725

RHSA-2018:1726

RHSA-2018_1725

RHSA-2018_1726

USN-3660-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Red Hat

Suse

Thunderbird

Ubuntu

References · 434

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5168 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5184 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5184 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-5184 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5184 · Security Note
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5184 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-5184 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5178 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5162 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0261.html · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5154 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5161 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5183 · Vendor Advisory