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Ubuntu: USN-4373-1 (CVE-2020-12397): Thunderbird vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-4373-1 (CVE-2020-12397): Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
05/10/2020
Created
05/29/2020
Added
05/27/2020
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

By encoding Unicode whitespace characters within the From email header, an attacker can spoof the sender email address that Thunderbird displays. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.8.0.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-thunderbird

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