CVE-2020-6798

NameCVE-2020-6798
DescriptionIf a template tag was used in a select tag, the parser could be confused and allow JavaScript parsing and execution when it should not be allowed. A site that relied on the browser behaving correctly could suffer a cross-site scripting vulnerability as a result. In general, this flaw cannot be exploited through email in the Thunderbird product because scripting is disabled when reading mail, but is potentially a risk in browser or browser-like contexts. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.5, Firefox < 73, and Firefox < ESR68.5.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-2102-1, DLA-2104-1, DSA-4620-1, DSA-4625-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
firefox (PTS)sid123.0.1-1fixed
firefox-esr (PTS)buster91.12.0esr-1~deb10u1fixed
buster (security)115.8.0esr-1~deb10u1fixed
bullseye115.7.0esr-1~deb11u1fixed
bullseye (security)115.8.0esr-1~deb11u1fixed
bookworm115.7.0esr-1~deb12u1fixed
bookworm (security)115.8.0esr-1~deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie115.8.0esr-1fixed
thunderbird (PTS)buster1:91.12.0-1~deb10u1fixed
buster (security)1:115.8.0-1~deb10u1fixed
bullseye1:115.7.0-1~deb11u1fixed
bullseye (security)1:115.8.0-1~deb11u1fixed
bookworm1:115.7.0-1~deb12u1fixed
bookworm (security)1:115.8.0-1~deb12u1fixed
trixie1:115.7.0-1fixed
sid1:115.8.1-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
firefoxsource(unstable)73.0-1
firefox-esrsourcejessie68.5.0esr-1~deb8u1DLA-2102-1
firefox-esrsourcestretch68.5.0esr-1~deb9u1DSA-4620-1
firefox-esrsourcebuster68.5.0esr-1~deb10u1DSA-4620-1
firefox-esrsource(unstable)68.5.0esr-1
thunderbirdsourcejessie1:68.5.0-1~deb8u1DLA-2104-1
thunderbirdsourcestretch1:68.5.0-1~deb9u1DSA-4625-1
thunderbirdsourcebuster1:68.5.0-1~deb10u1DSA-4625-1
thunderbirdsource(unstable)1:68.5.0-1

Notes

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-05/#CVE-2020-6798
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-06/#CVE-2020-6798
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-07/#CVE-2020-6798

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