PT-2018-3745 · Mozilla+5 · Thunderbird+5

Christian Dresen + 7 · Published 2018-05-18 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2018-5185

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 handling of encrypted emails in Thunderbird, where plaintext of decrypted emails can leak when a user submits an embedded form. This is due to a lack of encryption measures for protected data. Exploitation of this 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 to resolve the issue. For Thunderbird versions prior to 52.8, update to version 52.8 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-311

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-1753

BDU:2021-04141

CESA-2018_1725

CESA-2018_1726

CVE-2018-5185

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://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/#CVE-2018-5185 · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-5185 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5184 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-5185 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-04141 · 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