Mozilla Thunderbird and SeaMonkey VCard double-free memory corruption
| mozilla-vcard-doublefree-memory-corruption (26850) |  High Risk |
Description:
Mozilla Thunderbird and Mozilla SeaMonkey could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by a double-free memory corruption vulnerability when processing specially-crafted VCards. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a malicious VCard containing invalid base64 encoded characters, which would allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the victim's system, once the malicious VCard is opened.
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Refer to Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2006-39 for upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.
For SUSE Linux:
Refer to SUSE-SA:2006:035 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
References:
- MFSA 2006-40: Double-free on malformed VCard.
- ASA-2006-146: seamonkey security update (was mozilla) (RHSA-2006-0578)
- ASA-2006-208: seamonkey security update (was mozilla) (RHSA-2006-0594)
- ASA-2007-135: HP-UX Running Thunderbird Remote Unauthorized Access or Elevation of Privileges or Denial of Service (HPSBUX02156)
- BID-18228: Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey, Camino, and Thunderbird Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-2781: Double free vulnerability in nsVCard.cpp in Mozilla Thunderbird before 1.5.0.4 and SeaMonkey before 1.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a VCard that contains invalid base64 characters.
- DSA-1118: mozilla -- several vulnerabilities
- DSA-1134: mozilla-thunderbird -- several vulnerabilities
- GLSA-200606-21: Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities
- GLSA-200703-05: Mozilla Suite: Multiple vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2006:146: Updated Thunderbird packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
- RHSA-2006-0578: seamonkey security update (was mozilla)
- RHSA-2006-0594: seamonkey security update (was mozilla)
- RHSA-2006-0609: seamonkey security update
- RHSA-2006-0611: thunderbird security update
- SA20382: Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA20394: SeaMonkey VCard Double-Free and "addSelectionListener" Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1016214: Mozilla Thunderbird Bugs Permit Arbitrary Code Execution, Cross-Site Scripting, and HTTP Response Smuggling
- SUSE-SA:2006:035: Mozilla browser security problems
- USN-297-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
- USN-297-2: Thunderbird extensions update for recent security update
- USN-297-3: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
- USN-323-1: Mozilla vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-2106: Mozilla Products Remote Code Execution and Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-3749: HP-UX Security Update Fixes Mozilla Thunderbird Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Canonical Ubuntu 5.04
- Canonical Ubuntu 5.10
- Canonical Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Debian Debian Linux 3.1
- Gentoo Linux
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2006
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2006 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
- Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0
- Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0 Alpha
- Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0 Beta
- Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.1
- Mozilla Thunderbird 0.1
- Mozilla Thunderbird 0.2
- Mozilla Thunderbird 0.3
- Mozilla Thunderbird 0.4
- Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5
- Mozilla Thunderbird 0.6
- Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7
- Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.1
- Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.2
- Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.3
- Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8
- Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9
- Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0
- Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.1
- Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2
- Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.3
- Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.4
- Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.5
- Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.5 Beta
- Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6
- Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7
- Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5 Beta2
- Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5
- Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.1
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 WS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 ES
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 ES
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 AS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 Desktop
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 WS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 AS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 ES
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 WS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
- RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 Itanium
- SUSE SuSE Linux 10.1
- SuSE SuSE SLES 9
Reported:
Jun 01, 2006
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