Mozilla Thunderbird LiveConnect May Use Freed JavaScript Objects and Execute Arbitrary Code
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1017412
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1017412
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CVE Reference: CVE-2006-6502
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Dec 20 2006
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Impact: Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
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Fix Available: Yes
Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Advisory: Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory
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Version(s): 1.5 - 1.5.0.8
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in Mozilla Thunderbird. A remote user can cause arbitrary code to be executed on the target user's system.
A remote user can create specially crafted HTML that, when loaded by the target user, will cause the LiveConnect code to attempt
to reuse a previously freed object and crash or potentially execute arbitrary code on the target user's system. The code will run
with the privileges of the target user.
Thunderbird is not affected unless it has been customized to load Java applets or other
plugins.
Steven Michaud reported this vulnerability.
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Impact: A remote user can create HTML that, when loaded by the target user, will execute arbitrary code on the target user's system.
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Solution: The vendor has issued a fixed version (1.5.0.9).
The Mozilla advisory is available at:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-71.html
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Vendor URL: www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-71.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause: Access control error, State error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 22:29:02 -0500
Subject: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-71.html
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CVE-2006-6502
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