Mozilla Thunderbird E-mail Header Heap Overflows Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1017420
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1017420
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CVE Reference: CVE-2006-6505
(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 send e-mail with a specially crafted Content-Type header value to trigger a heap overflow and execute arbitrary
code on the target user's system. A specially crafted rfc2047-encoded header can also trigger a heap overflow.
Georgi Guninski
and David Bienvenu reported these vulnerabilities.
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Impact: A remote user can create e-mail 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/mfsa2006-74.html
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Vendor URL: www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-74.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause: Boundary 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 23:32:38 -0500
Subject: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-74.html
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CVE-2006-6505
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