CVE-2018-18509
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-04-26 16:13
Modified
2024-08-05 11:08
Severity ?
Summary
A flaw during verification of certain S/MIME signatures causes emails to be shown in Thunderbird as having a valid digital signature, even if the shown message contents aren't covered by the signature. The flaw allows an attacker to reuse a valid S/MIME signature to craft an email message with arbitrary content. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.5.1.
References
security@mozilla.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00043.html
security@mozilla.orghttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152703/Johnny-You-Are-Fired.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Apr/38Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/30/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1144
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1507218Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired
security@mozilla.orghttps://github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired/blob/master/paper/johnny-fired.pdf
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-06/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00043.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152703/Johnny-You-Are-Fired.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Apr/38Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/30/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1144
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1507218Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/RUB-NDS/Johnny-You-Are-Fired/blob/master/paper/johnny-fired.pdf
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-06/Vendor Advisory
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Mozilla Thunderbird Version: unspecified   < 60.5.1
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