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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-5170: Important: thunderbird security update (Multiple Advisories)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-5170: Important: thunderbird security update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
05/21/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/31/2018
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

It is possible to spoof the filename of an attachment and display an arbitrary attachment name. This could lead to a user opening a remote attachment which is a different file type than expected. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8 and Thunderbird < 52.8.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-thunderbird
  • centos-upgrade-thunderbird-debuginfo

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