CVE-2021-29948
Publication date 22 April 2021
Last updated 25 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
Signatures are written to disk before and read during verification, which might be subject to a race condition when a malicious local process or user is replacing the file. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.10.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| thunderbird | ||
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Fixed 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu2
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Fixed 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Fixed 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2
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| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support, was needs-triage | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
2.5 · Low
|
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | High |
| Privileges required | Low |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | Low |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-4995-1
- Thunderbird vulnerabilities
- 22 June 2021
- USN-4995-2
- Thunderbird vulnerabilities
- 25 June 2021