PT-2018-3742 · Mozilla+5 · Thunderbird+5

Christian Dresen + 7 · Published 2018-05-18 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2018-5162

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 versions prior to 52.8 Thunderbird ESR versions prior to 52.8

Description The issue is related to information disclosure. It allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to protected information through the src attribute of remote images or links. This could lead to the leakage of plaintext from decrypted emails.

Recommendations For Thunderbird versions prior to 52.8, update to version 52.8 or later. For Thunderbird ESR versions prior to 52.8, update to version 52.8 or later. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to remote images or links in emails until a patch is available.

Fix

Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-311

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-1753

BDU:2021-04138

CESA-2018_1725

CESA-2018_1726

CVE-2018-5162

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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5184 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5162 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5162 · Security Note
• 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
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5170 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3660-1 · Vendor Advisory