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Mozilla Thunderbird MIME Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA29133
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Release Date:
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2008-02-27
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Last Update:
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2008-03-06
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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 2.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2008-0304 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Mozilla Thunderbird, which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the handling of external-body MIME types. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow with three bytes by tricking a user into viewing a specially crafted email.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability is reported in version 2.0.0.9. Prior versions may also be affected.
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Solution:
Update to version 2.0.0.12.
Provided and/or discovered by:
regenrecht, reported via iDefense.
Changelog:
2008-03-06: Added link to US-CERT.
Original Advisory:
iDefense:
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=668
Mozilla Foundation:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-12.html
Other References:
US-CERT VU#661651:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/661651
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