Bug 1921543 (CVE-2020-15685)

Summary:	CVE-2020-15685 Mozilla: IMAP Response Injection when using STARTTLS
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Doran Moppert <dmoppert>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	cschalle, erack, gecko-bugs-nobody, jhorak, stransky, tpopela
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	thunderbird 78.7	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes that during the plaintext phase of the STARTTLS connection setup, protocol commands could have been injected and evaluated within the encrypted session.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2021-01-28 20:41:38 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1920635, 1920636, 1920637, 1920638, 1920640
Bug Blocks:	1920633

Description Doran Moppert 2021-01-28 07:00:19 UTC

During the plaintext phase of the STARTTLS connection setup, protocol commands could have been injected and evaluated within the encrypted session.



External Reference:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-05/#CVE-2020-15685

Comment 1 Doran Moppert 2021-01-28 07:00:24 UTC

Acknowledgments:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: Damian Poddebniak

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2021-01-28 16:10:15 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2021:0297 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0297

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2021-01-28 16:30:47 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2021:0298 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0298

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2021-01-28 16:35:39 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2021:0299 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0299

Comment 5 Product Security DevOps Team 2021-01-28 20:41:38 UTC

This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2020-15685

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2021-02-03 10:43:14 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2021:0397 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0397