Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 9, 2020· Updated Aug 4, 2024
CVE-2020-12398
CVE-2020-12398
Description
If Thunderbird is configured to use STARTTLS for an IMAP server, and the server sends a PREAUTH response, then Thunderbird will continue with an unencrypted connection, causing email data to be sent without protection. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.9.0.
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Affected products
6< 68.9.0+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 68.9.0
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- osv-coords4 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2015%20SP2
< 68.9.0-lp151.2.41.1+ 3 more
- (no CPE)range: < 68.9.0-lp151.2.41.1
- (no CPE)range: < 91.1.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68.9.0-3.85.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.9.0-3.85.2
Patches
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References
3- usn.ubuntu.com/4421-1/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgimitrex_refsource_MISC
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-22/mitrex_refsource_MISC
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