Mozilla Thunderbird up to 1.5.0.10 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 1.5.0.10 and classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2008-4070. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 1.5.0.10 (Mail Client Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Heap-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Thunderbird before 2.0.0.17 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long header in a news article, related to "canceling [a] newsgroup message" and "cancelled newsgroup messages."

The bug was discovered 09/25/2008. The weakness was released 09/27/2008 by Georgi Guninski (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-4070 since 09/12/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 34339 (CentOS 4 / 5 : thunderbird (CESA-2008:0908)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165702 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Mozilla (SUSE-SA:2008:050)).

Upgrading to version 1.5.0.11 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 6 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (45426), Tenable (34339), SecurityFocus (BID 31411†), OSVDB (48772†) and Secunia (SA32010†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-44189, VDB-44188, VDB-44187 and VDB-44186. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.0

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 34339
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : thunderbird (CESA-2008:0908)
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OpenVAS ID: 63143
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1696-1 (icedove)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Thunderbird 1.5.0.11

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Georgi Guninski
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-4070 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4070
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44216

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X-Force: 45426
SecurityFocus: 31411 - Mozilla SeaMonkey/Thunderbird Newsgroup Cancel Message Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 32010
OSVDB: 48772 - CVE-2008-4070 - Mozilla - Multiple Products - Buffer Overflow Issue
SecurityTracker: 1020948
Vulnerability Center: 19592 - Mozilla SeaMonkey and Thunderbird Heap-Based Buffer Overflow via a Crafted Newsgroup Message, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-0977

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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/17/2019 16:36
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (77), 08/17/2019 16:36 (12)
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