CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-23998

Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

Published: Jun 24, 2021 | Modified: Jul 02, 2021
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
6.1 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

Through complicated navigations with new windows, an HTTP page could have inherited a secure lock icon from an HTTPS page. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.10, Thunderbird < 78.10, and Firefox < 88.

Weakness

The product does not sufficiently verify the origin or authenticity of data, in a way that causes it to accept invalid data.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Firefox Mozilla * 88.0 (excluding)
Firefox_esr Mozilla * 78.10 (excluding)
Thunderbird Mozilla * 78.10 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RedHat thunderbird-0:78.10.0-1.el7_9 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RedHat firefox-0:78.10.0-1.el7_9 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RedHat thunderbird-0:78.10.0-1.el8_3 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RedHat firefox-0:78.10.0-1.el8_3 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support RedHat thunderbird-0:78.10.0-1.el8_1 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support RedHat firefox-0:78.10.0-1.el8_1 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support RedHat thunderbird-0:78.10.0-1.el8_2 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support RedHat firefox-0:78.10.0-1.el8_2 *
Firefox Ubuntu bionic *
Firefox Ubuntu devel *
Firefox Ubuntu focal *
Firefox Ubuntu groovy *
Firefox Ubuntu hirsute *
Firefox Ubuntu impish *
Firefox Ubuntu jammy *
Firefox Ubuntu kinetic *
Firefox Ubuntu lunar *
Firefox Ubuntu mantic *
Firefox Ubuntu noble *
Firefox Ubuntu trusty *
Firefox Ubuntu upstream *
Firefox Ubuntu xenial *
Firefox-esr Ubuntu trusty *
Mozjs38 Ubuntu bionic *
Mozjs52 Ubuntu bionic *
Mozjs52 Ubuntu groovy *
Mozjs68 Ubuntu groovy *
Mozjs78 Ubuntu groovy *
Mozjs78 Ubuntu hirsute *
Mozjs78 Ubuntu impish *
Mozjs78 Ubuntu kinetic *
Mozjs78 Ubuntu lunar *
Thunderbird Ubuntu bionic *
Thunderbird Ubuntu devel *
Thunderbird Ubuntu focal *
Thunderbird Ubuntu groovy *
Thunderbird Ubuntu hirsute *
Thunderbird Ubuntu impish *
Thunderbird Ubuntu jammy *
Thunderbird Ubuntu kinetic *
Thunderbird Ubuntu lunar *
Thunderbird Ubuntu mantic *
Thunderbird Ubuntu noble *
Thunderbird Ubuntu trusty *
Thunderbird Ubuntu upstream *
Thunderbird Ubuntu xenial *

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