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MFSA2020-33 Thunderbird: Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 78.1 (CVE-2020-15658)

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MFSA2020-33 Thunderbird: Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 78.1 (CVE-2020-15658)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
07/28/2020
Created
07/30/2020
Added
07/29/2020
Modified
08/17/2020

Description

The code for downloading files did not properly take care of special characters, which led to an attacker being able to cut off the file ending at an earlier position, leading to a different file type being downloaded than shown in the dialog. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.1, Firefox < 79, and Thunderbird < 78.1.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-thunderbird-upgrade-78_1

References

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