Mozilla Thunderbird and SeaMonkey VCard base64 field buffer overflow
| mozilla-vcard-base64-bo (27985) |  High Risk |
Description:
Mozilla Thunderbird and SeaMonkey are vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow and integer underflow, caused by improper bounds checking of certain fields within a VCard attachment. By sending an email with a VCard attachment containing a malformed base64 field, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash, once the malicious VCard attachment is opened.
Platforms Affected:
- Canonical, Ubuntu 5.10
- Canonical, Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Gentoo, Linux
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2006
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2006 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.0 Dev
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.0
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.0.1
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.0.2
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.5
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.5.0.1
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.5.0.2
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.5.0.3
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.5.0.4
- Novell, Linux Desktop 9
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 Desktop
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 AS
- RedHat, Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 Itanium
- SuSE, SLE SDK 10
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 10.0
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 10.1
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 9.2
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 9.3
- SuSE, SuSE SLES 10
Remedy:
Refer to Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2006-49 for upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Red Hat Linux 2.1(Seamonkey):
Refer to RHSA-2006:0594-9 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Red Hat Linux 3 (Seamonkey):
Refer to RHSA-2006:0608-6 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Red Hat Linux 4 (Seamonkey):
Refer to RHSA-2006:0609-9 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Red Hat Linux 4 (Thunderbird):
Refer to RHSA-2006:0611-3 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Red Hat Linux 4 (Firefox):
Refer to RHSA-2006:0610-4 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Gentoo Linux (Thunderbird):
Refer to Gentoo Linux Security Announcement GLSA 200608-04 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Gentoo Linux (Firefox):
Refer to Gentoo Linux Security Announcement GLSA 200608-03 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Gentoo Linux (Seamonkey):
Refer to Gentoo Linux Security Announcement GLSA 200608-02 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For SUSE Linux:
Refer to SUSE-SA:2006:048 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- MFSA 2006-49, Heap buffer overwrite on malformed VCard at http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-49.html.
- Sun Alert ID: 200630, Multiple Security Vulnerabilites in Mozilla 1.7 for Solaris 8, 9, and 10 at http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-200630-1.
- US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA06-208A, Mozilla Products Contain Multiple Vulnerabilities at http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-208A.html.
- ASA-2006-149: seamonkey security update (RHSA-2006-0608)
- ASA-2006-208: seamonkey security update (was mozilla) (RHSA-2006-0594)
- ASA-2007-026: Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Mozilla 1.7 for Solaris 8 9 and 10 (Sun 102763)
- ASA-2007-135: HP-UX Running Thunderbird Remote Unauthorized Access or Elevation of Privileges or Denial of Service (HPSBUX02156)
- BID-19181: Mozilla Multiple Products Remote Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-3804: Heap-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Thunderbird before 1.5.0.5 and SeaMonkey before 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a VCard attachment with a malformed base64 field, which copies more data than expected due to an integer underflow.
- GLSA-200507-24: Mozilla Suite: Multiple vulnerabilities
- GLSA-200608-02: Mozilla SeaMonkey: Multiple vulnerabilities
- GLSA-200608-04: Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2006:143: Updated Firefox packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2006:143-1: Updated Firefox packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2006:145: Updated Firefox packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2006:146: Updated Thunderbird packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
- RHSA-2006-0594: seamonkey security update (was mozilla)
- RHSA-2006-0608: seamonkey security update
- RHSA-2006-0609: seamonkey security update
- RHSA-2006-0611: thunderbird security update
- SA21228: Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA21229: Mozilla SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1016587: Mozilla Seamonkey Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- SECTRACK ID: 1016588: Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- SUSE-SA:2006:048: Mozilla Firefox Thunderbird and Seamonkey security problems
- US-CERT VU#897540: Mozilla products VCard attachment buffer overflow
- USN-329-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
- USN-350-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-2998: Mozilla Products Multiple Remote Command Execution and Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-3749: HP-UX Security Update Fixes Mozilla Thunderbird Code Execution Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-0058: Sun Solaris Mozilla Multiple Client-Side Buffer Overflow and Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Jul 26, 2006
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