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Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 1:47 pm Post subject: [ GLSA 200503-32 ] Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabili |
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
Title: Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 200503-32)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: March 25, 2005
Bug(s): #84075
ID: 200503-32
Synopsis
Mozilla Thunderbird is vulnerable to multiple issues, including the remote execution of arbitrary code through malicious GIF images.
Background
Mozilla Thunderbird is the next-generation mail client from the Mozilla project.
Affected Packages
Package: mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird
Vulnerable: < 1.0.2
Unaffected: >= 1.0.2
Architectures: All supported architectures
Package: mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-bin
Vulnerable: < 1.0.2
Unaffected: >= 1.0.2
Architectures: All supported architectures
Description
The following vulnerabilities were found and fixed in Mozilla Thunderbird: - Mark Dowd from ISS X-Force reported an exploitable heap overrun in the GIF processing of obsolete Netscape extension 2 (CAN-2005-0399)
- Daniel de Wildt and Gael Delalleau discovered a memory overwrite in a string library (CAN-2005-0255)
- Wind Li discovered a possible heap overflow in UTF8 to Unicode conversion (CAN-2005-0592)
- Phil Ringnalda reported a possible way to spoof Install source with user:pass@host (CAN-2005-0590)
Impact
The GIF heap overflow could be triggered by a malicious GIF image that would end up executing arbitrary code with the rights of the user running Thunderbird. The other overflow issues, while not thought to be exploitable, would have the same impact. Furthermore, by setting up malicious websites and convincing users to follow untrusted links, attackers may leverage the spoofing issue to trick user into installing malicious extensions.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All Mozilla Thunderbird users should upgrade to the latest version: Code: | # emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-1.0.2" | All Mozilla Thunderbird binary users should upgrade to the latest version: Code: | # emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-bin-1.0.2" |
References
CAN-2005-0255
CAN-2005-0399
CAN-2005-0590
CAN-2005-0592
Mozilla Security Advisories
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