Bug 2135396 (CVE-2022-39251)

Summary:	CVE-2022-39251 Mozilla: Matrix SDK bundled with Thunderbird vulnerable to an impersonation attack
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Mauro Matteo Cascella <mcascell>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
Version:	unspecified	CC:	erack, jhorak, nobody, stransky, tpopela
Target Milestone:	---	Keywords:	Security
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	thunderbird 102.3.1	Doc Type:	---
Doc Text:	A flaw was found in Mozilla. According to the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory, Thunderbird users who use the Matrix chat protocol are vulnerable to an impersonation attack. An attacker could spoof historical messages from other users, and use a malicious key backup to the user's account under specific conditions in order to exfiltrate message keys.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2022-12-02 13:03:30 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Depends On:	2133369, 2133370, 2133371, 2133372, 2133373, 2133374, 2133375, 2133376, 2133377, 2133378
Bug Blocks:	2132403

Description Mauro Matteo Cascella 2022-10-17 14:00:20 UTC

Thunderbird users who use the Matrix chat protocol were vulnerable to an impersonation attack. An adversary could spoof historical messages from other users. Additionally, a malicious key backup to the user's account under certain unusual conditions in order to exfiltrate message keys.

External Reference:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-43/#CVE-2022-39251

Comment 1 errata-xmlrpc 2022-10-25 14:00:48 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2022:7178 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7178

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2022-10-25 14:34:36 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2022:7182 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7182

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2022-10-25 14:41:03 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2022:7183 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7183

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2022-10-25 14:43:44 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2022:7181 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7181

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2022-10-25 14:51:07 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2022:7184 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7184

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2022-10-25 15:20:35 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2022:7190 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7190

Comment 7 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-12-02 13:03:28 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-2022-39251