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Red Hat: CVE-2023-3417: File Extension Spoofing using the Text Direction Override Character (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2023-3417: File Extension Spoofing using the Text Direction Override Character (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/24/2023
Created
08/09/2023
Added
08/08/2023
Modified
06/28/2024

Description

Thunderbird allowed the Text Direction Override Unicode Character in filenames. An email attachment could be incorrectly shown as being a document file, while in fact it was an executable file. Newer versions of Thunderbird will strip the character and show the correct file extension. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 115.0.1 and Thunderbird < 102.13.1.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-thunderbird
  • redhat-upgrade-thunderbird-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-thunderbird-debugsource

References

  • CVE-2023-3417
  • RHSA-2023:4493
  • RHSA-2023:4494
  • RHSA-2023:4495
  • RHSA-2023:4497
  • RHSA-2023:4499

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