| Name | CVE-2023-3417 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-3510-1, DSA-5463-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| thunderbird (PTS) | bullseye | 1:115.12.0-1~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 1:128.5.0esr-1~deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 1:115.16.0esr-1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 1:128.5.0esr-1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 1:128.5.2esr-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thunderbird | source | buster | 1:102.13.1-1~deb10u1 | DLA-3510-1 | ||
| thunderbird | source | bullseye | 1:102.13.1-1~deb11u1 | DSA-5463-1 | ||
| thunderbird | source | bookworm | 1:102.13.1-1~deb12u1 | DSA-5463-1 | ||
| thunderbird | source | (unstable) | 1:102.13.1-1 |
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-27/#CVE-2023-3417
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-28/#CVE-2023-3417