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Mozilla Thunderbird GIF Image Processing Buffer Overflow
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA14685
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Release Date:
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2005-03-24
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Last Update:
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2006-05-04
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Popularity:
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14,365 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Mozilla Thunderbird 0.x
Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-0399
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Description:
Mark Dowd has reported a vulnerability in Thunderbird, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the GIF image processing of Netscape extension 2 blocks and can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted image.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability has been reported in versions prior to 1.0.2.
Solution:
Update to version 1.0.2.
http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/
Provided and/or discovered by:
Mark Dowd, ISS X-Force
Changelog:
2006-05-04: Updated affected software.
Original Advisory:
Mozilla:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-30.html
ISS:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/191
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