If a Thunderbird user has previously imported Alice's OpenPGP key, and Alice has extended the validity period of her key, but Alice's updated key has not yet been imported, an attacker may send an email containing a crafted version of Alice's key with an invalid subkey, Thunderbird might subsequently attempt to use the invalid subkey, and will fail to send encrypted email to Alice. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.9.1.
Metrics
Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DLA |
DLA-2632-1 | thunderbird security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-4897-1 | thunderbird security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2021-10911 | If a Thunderbird user has previously imported Alice's OpenPGP key, and Alice has extended the validity period of her key, but Alice's updated key has not yet been imported, an attacker may send an email containing a crafted version of Alice's key with an invalid subkey, Thunderbird might subsequently attempt to use the invalid subkey, and will fail to send encrypted email to Alice. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.9.1. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-4995-1 | Thunderbird vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-4995-2 | Thunderbird vulnerabilities |
Fixes
Solution
No solution given by the vendor.
Workaround
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References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mozilla
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-03T19:14:10.003Z
Reserved: 2021-01-13T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2021-23991
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Status : Modified
Published: 2021-06-24T14:15:09.197
Modified: 2024-11-21T05:52:09.950
Link: CVE-2021-23991
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Debian DLA
Debian DSA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN