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                             CERT-Renater

                 Note d'Information No. 2021/VULN589
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DATE                : 04/11/2021

HARDWARE PLATFORM(S): /

OPERATING SYSTEM(S): Systems running Thunderbird versions prior to 91.3,
                                              ESR 91.3.

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https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-50/
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Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2021-50
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 91.3


Announced         November 3, 2021
Impact            high
Products          Thunderbird
Fixed in
        Thunderbird 91.3

In general, these flaws cannot be exploited through email in the
Thunderbird product because scripting is disabled when reading mail, but
are potentially risks in browser or browser-like contexts.

#CVE-2021-38503: iframe sandbox rules did not apply to XSLT stylesheets

Reporter          Armin Ebert
Impact            high

Description

The iframe sandbox rules were not correctly applied to XSLT stylesheets,
allowing an iframe to bypass restrictions such as executing scripts or
navigating the top-level frame.

References

    Bug 1729517


#CVE-2021-38504: Use-after-free in file picker dialog

Reporter         Irvan Kurniawan
Impact           high

Description

When interacting with an HTML input element's file picker dialog with
webkitdirectory set, a use-after-free could have resulted, leading to
memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash.

References

    Bug 1730156


#CVE-2021-38505: Windows 10 Cloud Clipboard may have recorded sensitive
user data

Reporter         Sergey Galich
Impact           high

Description

Microsoft introduced a new feature in Windows 10 known as Cloud
Clipboard which, if enabled, will record data copied to the clipboard to
the cloud, and make it available on other computers in certain
scenarios. Applications that wish to prevent copied data from being
recorded in Cloud History must use specific clipboard formats; and
Thunderbird before version 91.3 did not implement them. This could have
caused sensitive data to be recorded to a user's Microsoft account.
This bug only affects Thunderbird for Windows 10+ with Cloud Clipboard
enabled. Other operating systems are unaffected.

References

    Bug 1730194


#CVE-2021-38506: Thunderbird could be coaxed into going into fullscreen
mode without notification or warning

Reporter         Irvan Kurniawan
Impact           high

Description

Through a series of web navigations, Thunderbird could have entered
fullscreen mode without notification or warning to the user. This could
lead to spoofing attacks on the browser UI including phishing.

References

    Bug 1730750


#CVE-2021-38507: Opportunistic Encryption in HTTP2 could be used to
bypass the Same-Origin-Policy on services hosted on other ports

Reporter         Takeshi Terada
Impact           high

Description

The Opportunistic Encryption feature of HTTP2 (RFC 8164) allows a
connection to be transparently upgraded to TLS while retaining the
visual properties of an HTTP connection, including being same-origin
with unencrypted connections on port 80. However, if a second encrypted
port on the same IP address (e.g. port 8443) did not opt-in to
opportunistic encryption; a network attacker could forward a connection
from the browser to port 443 to port 8443, causing the browser to treat
the content of port 8443 as same-origin with HTTP. This was resolved by
disabling the Opportunistic Encryption feature, which had low usage.

References

    Bug 1730935


#MOZ-2021-0008: Use-after-free in HTTP2 Session object

Reporter         Julien Cristau
Impact           high

Description

A use-after-free could have occured when an HTTP2 session object was
released on a different thread, leading to memory corruption and a
potentially exploitable crash.
Note: This issue is pending a CVE assignment and will be updated when
available.

References

    Bug 1667102


#CVE-2021-38508: Permission Prompt could be overlaid, resulting in user
confusion and potential spoofing

Reporter         Raphael
Impact           moderate

Description

By displaying a form validity message in the correct location at the
same time as a permission prompt (such as for geolocation), the validity
message could have obscured the prompt, resulting in the user
potentially being tricked into granting the permission.

References

    Bug 1366818


#CVE-2021-38509: Javascript alert box could have been spoofed onto an
arbitrary domain

Reporter         Ademar Nowasky Junior
Impact           moderate

Description

Due to an unusual sequence of attacker-controlled events, a Javascript
alert() dialog with arbitrary (although unstyled) contents could be
displayed over top an uncontrolled webpage of the attacker's choosing.

References

    Bug 1718571


#CVE-2021-38510: Download Protections were bypassed by .inetloc files on
Mac OS

Reporter         houjingyi647
Impact           moderate

Description

The executable file warning was not presented when downloading .inetloc
files, which, due to a flaw in Mac OS, can run commands on a user's
computer.
Note: This issue only affected Mac OS operating systems. Other operating
systems are unaffected.

References

    Bug 1731779


#MOZ-2021-0007: Memory safety bugs fixed in Thunderbird ESR 91.3

Reporter         Mozilla developers
Impact           high

Description

Mozilla developers and community members Christian Holler, Valentin
Gosu, and Andrew McCreight reported memory safety bugs present in
Thunderbird 91.2. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory
corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could
have been exploited to run arbitrary code.
Note: This issue is pending a CVE assignment and will be updated when
available.

References

    Memory safety bugs fixed in Thunderbird 91.3



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