Package : mozilla-thunderbird Vulnerability : several Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE IDs : CVE-2006-2779 CVE-2006-3805 CVE-2006-3806 CVE-2006-3807 CVE-2006-3808 CVE-2006-3809 CVE-2006-3810 CERT advisories: VU#466673 VU#655892 VU#687396 VU#876420 VU#911004 BugTraq IDs : 18228 19181
The latest security updates of Mozilla Thunderbird introduced a regression that led to a disfunctional attachment panel which warrants a correction to fix this issue. For reference please find below the original advisory text:
Several security related problems have been discovered in Mozilla and derived products such as Mozilla Thunderbird. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following vulnerabilities:
CVE-2006-2779
Mozilla team members discovered several crashes during testing of the browser engine showing evidence of memory corruption which may also lead to the execution of arbitrary code. The last bit of this problem will be corrected with the next update. You can prevent any trouble by disabling Javascript. [MFSA-2006-32]
CVE-2006-3805
The Javascript engine might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. [MFSA-2006-50]
CVE-2006-3806
Multiple integer overflows in the Javascript engine might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. [MFSA-2006-50]
Remote AutoConfig (PAC) servers could execute code with elevated privileges via a specially crafted PAC script. [MFSA-2006-52]
CVE-2006-3809
Scripts with the UniversalBrowserRead privilege could gain UniversalXPConnect privileges and possibly execute code or obtain sensitive data. [MFSA-2006-53]
CVE-2006-3810
A cross-site scripting vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. [MFSA-2006-54]
For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.2-2.sarge1.0.8b.2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 1.5.0.5-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your mozilla-thunderbird package.
Upgrade Instructions - --------------------
wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given at the end of this advisory:
apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge - --------------------------------
