ALAS2-2025-2859


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2-2025-2859
Advisory Released Date: 2025-05-29
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-06-24
Severity: Important

Issue Overview:

Thunderbird parses addresses in a way that can allow sender spoofing in case the server allows an invalid From address to be used. For example, if the From header contains an (invalid) value "Spoofed Name ", Thunderbird treats spoofed@example.com as the actual address. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 128.10.1 and Thunderbird < 138.0.1. (CVE-2025-3875)

Thunderbird's handling of the X-Mozilla-External-Attachment-URL header can be exploited to execute JavaScript in the file:/// context. By crafting a nested email attachment (message/rfc822) and setting its content type to application/pdf, Thunderbird may incorrectly render it as HTML when opened, allowing the embedded JavaScript to run without requiring a file download. This behavior relies on Thunderbird auto-saving the attachment to /tmp and linking to it via the file:/// protocol, potentially enabling JavaScript execution as part of the HTML. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 128.10.1 and Thunderbird < 138.0.1. (CVE-2025-3909)

It was possible to craft an email that showed a tracking link as an attachment. If the user attempted to open the attachment, Thunderbird automatically accessed the link. The configuration to block remote content did not prevent that. Thunderbird has been fixed to no longer allow access to web pages listed in the X-Mozilla-External-Attachment-URL header of an email. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 128.10.1 and Thunderbird < 138.0.1. (CVE-2025-3932)


Affected Packages:

thunderbird


Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.


Issue Correction:
Run yum update thunderbird to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    thunderbird-128.10.1-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    thunderbird-debuginfo-128.10.1-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64

src:
    thunderbird-128.10.1-1.amzn2.0.1.src

x86_64:
    thunderbird-128.10.1-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    thunderbird-debuginfo-128.10.1-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64