Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Mozilla Thunderbird
Thunderbird unprotects a secret OpenPGP key prior to using it for a decryption, signing or key import task.
thunderbird security update
Released 2021-04-14 · Red Hat rating Moderate · View on Red Hat →
Thunderbird unprotects a secret OpenPGP key prior to using it for a decryption, signing or key import task.
When loading the shared library that provides the OTR protocol implementation, Thunderbird will initially attempt to open it using a filename that isn't distributed by Thunderbird.
If a Thunderbird user has previously imported Alice's OpenPGP key, and Alice has extended the validity period of her key, but Alice's updated key has not yet been imported, an attacker may send an email containing a craf…
An attacker may perform a DoS attack to prevent a user from sending encrypted email to a correspondent.
Thunderbird did not check if the user ID associated with an OpenPGP key has a valid self signature.