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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200701-03.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200701-03.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..4655c01d49a4 --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200701-03.xml @@ -0,0 +1,85 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="200701-03"> + <title>Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> + <synopsis> + Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Mozilla Thunderbird, some of + which may allow the remote execution of arbitrary code. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">mozilla-thunderbird</product> + <announced>2007-01-04</announced> + <revised count="01">2007-01-04</revised> + <bug>158571</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.5.0.9</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.5.0.9</vulnerable> + </package> + <package name="mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-bin" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.5.0.9</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.5.0.9</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Mozilla Thunderbird is a popular open-source email client from the + Mozilla Project. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Georgi Guninski and David Bienvenu discovered buffer overflows in the + processing of long "Content-Type:" and long non-ASCII MIME headers. + Additionally, Frederik Reiss discovered a heap-based buffer overflow in + the conversion of a CSS cursor. Different vulnerabilities involving + memory corruption in the browser engine were also fixed. Mozilla + Thunderbird also contains less severe vulnerabilities involving + JavaScript and Java. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="high"> + <p> + An attacker could entice a user to view a specially crafted email that + will trigger one of these vulnerabilities, possibly leading to the + execution of arbitrary code. An attacker could also perform cross-site + scripting attacks, leading to the exposure of sensitive information, + like user credentials. Note that the execution of JavaScript or Java + applets is disabled by default and enabling it is strongly discouraged. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There are no known workarounds for all the issues at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Mozilla Thunderbird users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-1.5.0.9"</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-1.5.0.9"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6497">CVE-2006-6497</uri> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6500">CVE-2006-6500</uri> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6501">CVE-2006-6501</uri> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6502">CVE-2006-6502</uri> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6503">CVE-2006-6503</uri> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6505">CVE-2006-6505</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-12-28T15:51:07Z"> + falco + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-12-28T16:10:06Z"> + falco + </metadata> +</glsa> |