Mozilla Seamonkey E-mail Header Heap Overflows Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1017419 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1017419
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2006-6505
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Dec 20 2006
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Impact:
Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 1.0 - 1.0.6
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Mozilla Seamonkey. A remote user can cause arbitrary code to be executed on the target user's system.
A remote user can send e-mail with a specially crafted Content-Type header value to trigger a heap overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target user's system. A specially crafted rfc2047-encoded header can also trigger a heap overflow.
A remote user can cause arbitrary code to be executed on the target user's system.
Georgi Guninski and David Bienvenu reported these vulnerabilities.
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Impact:
A remote user can create e-mail that, when loaded by the target user, will execute arbitrary code on the target user's system.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fixed version (1.0.7).
The Mozilla advisory is available at:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-74.html
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Vendor URL: www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-74.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Boundary error
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Underlying OS:
Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 23:32:40 -0500
Subject: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-74.html
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CVE-2006-6505
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