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Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA32007
Release Date: 2008-09-24
Last Update: 2008-09-26
Popularity: 3,777 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Exposure of system information
Exposure of sensitive information
DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Mozilla Thunderbird 2.x

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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Mozilla Thunderbird, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions, to disclose sensitive information, or to potentially compromise a user's system.

1) Several vulnerabilities can be exploited to bypass certain security restrictions, disclose sensitive information, or to potentially compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA31984

2) A boundary error exists in the processing of canceled newsgroup messages. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a newsgroup message having a specially crafted header.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerabilities are reported in versions prior to 2.0.0.17.

Change Page:
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