vulnerability
Oracle Linux: CVE-2023-3417: ELSA-2023-4495: thunderbird security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N) | Jul 20, 2023 | Aug 8, 2023 | Dec 3, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N)
Published
Jul 20, 2023
Added
Aug 8, 2023
Modified
Dec 3, 2025
Description
Thunderbird allowed the Text Direction Override Unicode Character in filenames. An email attachment could be incorrectly shown as being a document file, while in fact it was an executable file. Newer versions of Thunderbird will strip the character and show the correct file extension. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 115.0.1 and Thunderbird < 102.13.1.
Solution
oracle-linux-upgrade-thunderbird
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