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Category:   Application (E-mail Client)  >   Mozilla Thunderbird Vendors:   Mozilla.org
Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Access Restricted Resources
SecurityTracker Alert ID:  1025458
SecurityTracker URL:  http://securitytracker.com/id/1025458
CVE Reference:   CVE-2011-0069, CVE-2011-0070, CVE-2011-0071, CVE-2011-0072, CVE-2011-0074, CVE-2011-0075, CVE-2011-0077, CVE-2011-0078, CVE-2011-0079, CVE-2011-0080, CVE-2011-0081   (Links to External Site)
Date:  Apr 29 2011
Impact:   Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
Fix Available:  Yes  Vendor Confirmed:  Yes  
Version(s): prior to 3.1.10
Description:   Multiple vulnerabilities were reported in Mozilla Thunderbird. A remote user can cause arbitrary code to be executed on the target user's system. A remote user can access restricted resources.

A remote user can create specially crafted HTML-based e-mail that, when loaded by the target user, will trigger a memory corruption error and execute arbitrary code on the target system [CVE-2011-0069, CVE-2011-0070, CVE-2011-0072, CVE-2011-0074, CVE-2011-0075, CVE-2011-0077, CVE-2011-0078, CVE-2011-0079, CVE-2011-0080, CVE-2011-0081]. The code will run with the privileges of the target user.

Mozilla developers Boris Zbarsky, Gary Kwong, Jesse Ruderman, Michael Wu, Nils, Scoobidiver, Bob Clary, Henri Sivonen, Marco Bonardo, Mats Palmgren, and Ted Mielczarek, the web development team of Alcidion, Ian Beer, and Aki Helin reported these vulnerabilities.

A remote user can exploit the 'resource:' protocol to conduct directory traversal attacks against Windows-based systems to load resources from non-permitted locations [CVE-2011-0071].

Soroush Dalili reported this vulnerability.

Impact:   A remote user can create HTML-based e-mail that, when loaded by the target user, will execute arbitrary code on the target user's system.

A remote user can access restricted resources.

Solution:   The vendor has issued a fix (3.1.10).

The vendor's advisories are available at:

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-12.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-16.html

Vendor URL:  www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-12.html (Links to External Site)
Cause:   Access control error, Boundary error
Underlying OS:   Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)

Message History:   This archive entry has one or more follow-up message(s) listed below.
Apr 29 2011 (Red Hat Issues Fix) Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Access Restricted Resources   (bugzilla@redhat.com)
Red Hat has issued a fix for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.
Apr 29 2011 (Red Hat Issues Fix) Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Access Restricted Resources   (bugzilla@redhat.com)
Red Hat has issued a fix for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.



 Source Message Contents

Date:  Fri, 29 Apr 2011 04:59:43 +0000
Subject:  Mozilla Thunderbird


http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-12.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-16.html

CVE-2011-0069
CVE-2011-0070
CVE-2011-0071
CVE-2011-0072

CVE-2011-0074
CVE-2011-0075

CVE-2011-0077
CVE-2011-0078
CVE-2011-0079
CVE-2011-0080
CVE-2011-0081

 
 


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