Bug 2135396 (CVE-2022-39251) - CVE-2022-39251 Mozilla: Matrix SDK bundled with Thunderbird vulnerable to an impersonation attack
Summary: CVE-2022-39251 Mozilla: Matrix SDK bundled with Thunderbird vulnerable to an ...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2022-39251
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
high
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2133369 2133370 2133371 2133372 2133373 2133374 2133375 2133376 2133377 2133378
Blocks: 2132403
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-10-17 14:00 UTC by Mauro Matteo Cascella
Modified: 2022-12-02 13:03 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version: thunderbird 102.3.1
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Last Closed: 2022-12-02 13:03:30 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:7178 0 None None None 2022-10-25 14:00:51 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:7181 0 None None None 2022-10-25 14:43:46 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:7182 0 None None None 2022-10-25 14:34:39 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:7183 0 None None None 2022-10-25 14:41:06 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:7184 0 None None None 2022-10-25 14:51:10 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:7190 0 None None None 2022-10-25 15:20:37 UTC

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
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