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Category:   Application (E-mail Client)  >   Mozilla Thunderbird Vendors:   Mozilla.org
(Red Hat Issues Fix) Mozilla Thunderbird Auto-Update Can Be Spoofed in Certain Cases
SecurityTracker Alert ID:  1016863
SecurityTracker URL:  http://securitytracker.com/id/1016863
CVE Reference:   CVE-2006-4567   (Links to External Site)
Updated:  Sep 15 2006
Original Entry Date:  Sep 15 2006
Impact:   Execution of arbitrary code via network, Modification of user information, User access via network
Fix Available:  Yes  Vendor Confirmed:  Yes  
Version(s): prior to 1.5.0.7
Description:   A vulnerability was reported in Mozilla Thunderbird. A remote user can cause arbitrary code to be executed on the target user's system.

If a target user accepts a self-signed certificate from a malicious site, the certificate can be used to attempt to exploit the auto-update system. A remote user that can spoof the DNS for the 'aus2.mozilla.org' site and the target user accepted the remote user's certificate for the spoofed Mozilla update site, then the remote user can hijack a subsequent auto-update check.

Jon Oberheide reported this vulnerability.
Impact:   A remote user may be able to hijack auto-update sessions in certain cases to install arbitrary code on the target user's system.
Solution:   Red Hat has released a fix.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4AS/en/os/SRPMS/thunderbird-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.src.rpm
2413151b4e16ade1fe176d40bd522c76 thunderbird-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.src.rpm

i386:
6896ae3f5494f4c115635e80844da407 thunderbird-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.i386.rpm
205ed25af7ac310d03614bd4b6e7da23 thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.i386.rpm

ia64:
4c0dc94ad855e68f21540e77f0eeff7d thunderbird-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.ia64.rpm
a506ac14f97126175a64686ffce61f1b thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.ia64.rpm

ppc:
b890e674e915ae5c9d6c1c41e09c1097 thunderbird-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.ppc.rpm
ff2269dc61f86234bc1fb4a2ed3ed872 thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.ppc.rpm

s390:
02b2dcbad7a3bb844beb78345c613bd2 thunderbird-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.s390.rpm
de246964a9e02164799026322649bdc0 thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.s390.rpm

s390x:
c6873a707ab9d1849342722f0e050ff9 thunderbird-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.s390x.rpm
72dcbc8255b2d8b85cc066901e5be1d3 thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
a043f3f87a513b2a50005b72893d9ef5 thunderbird-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.x86_64.rpm
264e55cc9c4432d58be6d73b91484394 thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4Desktop/en/os/SRPMS/thunderbird-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.src.rpm
2413151b4e16ade1fe176d40bd522c76 thunderbird-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.src.rpm

i386:
6896ae3f5494f4c115635e80844da407 thunderbird-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.i386.rpm
205ed25af7ac310d03614bd4b6e7da23 thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.i386.rpm

x86_64:
a043f3f87a513b2a50005b72893d9ef5 thunderbird-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.x86_64.rpm
264e55cc9c4432d58be6d73b91484394 thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4ES/en/os/SRPMS/thunderbird-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.src.rpm
2413151b4e16ade1fe176d40bd522c76 thunderbird-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.src.rpm

i386:
6896ae3f5494f4c115635e80844da407 thunderbird-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.i386.rpm
205ed25af7ac310d03614bd4b6e7da23 thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.i386.rpm

ia64:
4c0dc94ad855e68f21540e77f0eeff7d thunderbird-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.ia64.rpm
a506ac14f97126175a64686ffce61f1b thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.ia64.rpm

x86_64:
a043f3f87a513b2a50005b72893d9ef5 thunderbird-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.x86_64.rpm
264e55cc9c4432d58be6d73b91484394 thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4WS/en/os/SRPMS/thunderbird-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.src.rpm
2413151b4e16ade1fe176d40bd522c76 thunderbird-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.src.rpm

i386:
6896ae3f5494f4c115635e80844da407 thunderbird-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.i386.rpm
205ed25af7ac310d03614bd4b6e7da23 thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.i386.rpm

ia64:
4c0dc94ad855e68f21540e77f0eeff7d thunderbird-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.ia64.rpm
a506ac14f97126175a64686ffce61f1b thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.ia64.rpm

x86_64:
a043f3f87a513b2a50005b72893d9ef5 thunderbird-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.x86_64.rpm
264e55cc9c4432d58be6d73b91484394 thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.x86_64.rpm

The Red Hat advisory is available at:

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0677.html
Vendor URL:  www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-58.html (Links to External Site)
Cause:   Authentication error
Underlying OS:   Linux (Red Hat Enterprise)

Message History:   This archive entry is a follow-up to the message listed below.
Sep 15 2006 Mozilla Thunderbird Auto-Update Can Be Spoofed in Certain Cases


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