Free and open-source vulnerability scanner

Mageni eases for you the vulnerability scanning, assessment, and management process. It is free and open-source.

Install Now

Available for macOS, Windows, and Linux

App screenshot

Debian Security Advisory DSA 1191-1 (mozilla-thunderbird)

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

10.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

16 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update to mozilla-thunderbird announced via advisory DSA 1191-1. Several security related problems have been discovered in Mozilla and derived products such as Mozilla Thunderbird. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2006-2788 Fernando Ribeiro discovered that a vulnerability in the getRawDER functionallows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) and possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2006-4340 Daniel Bleichenbacher recently described an implementation error in RSA signature verification that cause the application to incorrectly trust SSL certificates. CVE-2006-4565, CVE-2006-4566 Priit Laes reported that that a JavaScript regular expression can trigger a heap-based buffer overflow which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2006-4568 A vulnerability has been discovered that allows remote attackers to bypass the security model and inject content into the sub-frame of another site. CVE-2006-4570 Georgi Guninski demonstrated that even with JavaScript disabled in mail (the default) an attacker can still execute JavaScript when a mail message is viewed, replied to, or forwarded. CVE-2006-4571 Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service, corrupt memory, and possibly execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Solution

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.2-2.sarge1.0.8c.1. For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 1.5.0.7-1. We recommend that you upgrade your Mozilla Thunderbird packages. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201191-1