Bug 1598538 – CVE-2018-12372 thunderbird: S/MIME and PGP decryption oracles can be built with HTML emails

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Bug 1598538 - (CVE-2018-12372) CVE-2018-12372 thunderbird: S/MIME and PGP decryption oracles can be built with HTML emails

Summary:	CVE-2018-12372 thunderbird: S/MIME and PGP decryption oracles can be built wi...

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2018-12372

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Depends On:	1598646 1598539 1598540 1598644 1598645 1607204
Blocks:	1596475
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Reported:	2018-07-05 14:23 EDT by Laura Pardo
Modified:	2018-10-31 19:00 EDT (History)
CC List:	11 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	thunderbird 52.9
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2018:2251	None	None	None	2018-07-24 17:35 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2018:2252	None	None	None	2018-07-24 17:34 EDT

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Description Laura Pardo 2018-07-05 14:23:18 EDT

A flaw was found in Mozilla Thunderbird before version 52.9. Decrypted S/MIME parts, when included in HTML crafted for an attack, can leak plaintext when included in a a HTML reply/forward.


References:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-18/#CVE-2018-12372

Comment 1 Laura Pardo 2018-07-05 14:23:48 EDT

Created thunderbird tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1598539]

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2018-07-24 17:34:17 EDT

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2018:2252 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2252

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2018-07-24 17:34:59 EDT

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2018:2251 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2251

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