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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200612-06.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200612-06.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..512f5e6a1e86 --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200612-06.xml @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="200612-06"> + <title>Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> + <synopsis> + Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Mozilla Thunderbird. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">mozilla-thunderbird</product> + <announced>2006-12-10</announced> + <revised count="01">2006-12-10</revised> + <bug>154448</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.5.0.8</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.5.0.8</vulnerable> + </package> + <package name="mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-bin" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.5.0.8</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.5.0.8</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Mozilla Thunderbird is a popular open-source email client from the + Mozilla Project. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + It has been identified that Mozilla Thunderbird improperly handles + Script objects while they are being executed, allowing them to be + modified during execution. JavaScript is disabled in Mozilla + Thunderbird by default. Mozilla Thunderbird has also been found to be + vulnerable to various potential buffer overflows. Lastly, the binary + release of Mozilla Thunderbird is vulnerable to a low exponent RSA + signature forgery issue because it is bundled with a vulnerable version + of NSS. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="high"> + <p> + An attacker could entice a user to view a specially crafted email that + causes a buffer overflow and again executes arbitrary code or causes a + Denial of Service. An attacker could also entice a user to view an + email containing specially crafted JavaScript and execute arbitrary + code with the rights of the user running Mozilla Thunderbird. It is + important to note that JavaScript is off by default in Mozilla + Thunderbird, and enabling it is strongly discouraged. It is also + possible for an attacker to create SSL/TLS or email certificates that + would not be detected as invalid by the binary release of Mozilla + Thunderbird, raising the possibility for Man-in-the-Middle attacks. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + Users upgrading to the following releases of Mozilla Thunderbird should + note that this version of Mozilla Thunderbird has been found to not + display certain messages in some cases. + </p> + <p> + <br/> + <br/> All Mozilla Thunderbird users should upgrade to the + latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-1.5.0.8"</code> + <p> + All Mozilla Thunderbird binary release users should upgrade to the + latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-bin-1.5.0.8"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5462">CVE-2006-5462</uri> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5463">CVE-2006-5463</uri> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5464">CVE-2006-5464</uri> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5747">CVE-2006-5747</uri> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5748">CVE-2006-5748</uri> + <uri link="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=360409">Mozilla Thunderbird Email Loss Bug</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2006-11-21T06:10:05Z"> + jaervosz + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-11-21T06:10:22Z"> + jaervosz + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-11-21T13:53:32Z"> + shellsage + </metadata> +</glsa> |