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If Thunderbird is configured to use STARTTLS for an IMAP...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 29, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jul 9, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Last updated Jan 29, 2023

Severity

Moderate

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2020-12398

GHSA ID

GHSA-jvxv-vphc-73rg

Source code

No known source code

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