What is the severity of CVE-2005-3402?

CVE-2005-3402 is considered a moderate severity vulnerability due to the potential exposure of sensitive authentication information.

How does CVE-2005-3402 allow an attacker to exploit the vulnerability?

CVE-2005-3402 allows an attacker to exploit the vulnerability through a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack by intercepting authentication data due to a lack of secure channel notifications.

Which versions of Mozilla Thunderbird are affected by CVE-2005-3402?

CVE-2005-3402 affects Mozilla Thunderbird versions 1.0.5 BETA and 1.0.7.

How can I mitigate the risks associated with CVE-2005-3402?

To mitigate the risks of CVE-2005-3402, users should upgrade to a later version of Mozilla Thunderbird that addresses this vulnerability.

Is there any specific user action required to trigger CVE-2005-3402?

CVE-2005-3402 can be triggered unknowingly by users when they attempt to connect to the mail server without a secure channel.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2005-3402

low

2.6

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

1/11/2005

7/8/2024

CVE-2005-3402

First published: Tue Nov 01 2005(Updated: )

The SMTP client in Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.5 BETA, 1.0.7, and possibly other versions, does not notify users when it cannot establish a secure channel with the server, which allows remote attackers to obtain authentication information without detection via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack that bypasses TLS authentication or downgrades CRAM-MD5 authentication to plain authentication.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
Thunderbird	=1.0.7
Thunderbird	=1.0.5-beta

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-3402?
CVE-2005-3402 is considered a moderate severity vulnerability due to the potential exposure of sensitive authentication information.
How does CVE-2005-3402 allow an attacker to exploit the vulnerability?
CVE-2005-3402 allows an attacker to exploit the vulnerability through a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack by intercepting authentication data due to a lack of secure channel notifications.
Which versions of Mozilla Thunderbird are affected by CVE-2005-3402?
CVE-2005-3402 affects Mozilla Thunderbird versions 1.0.5 BETA and 1.0.7.
How can I mitigate the risks associated with CVE-2005-3402?
To mitigate the risks of CVE-2005-3402, users should upgrade to a later version of Mozilla Thunderbird that addresses this vulnerability.
Is there any specific user action required to trigger CVE-2005-3402?
CVE-2005-3402 can be triggered unknowingly by users when they attempt to connect to the mail server without a secure channel.

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