PT-2007-1190 · Mozilla · Thunderbird

Mikhail Markin · Published 2007-02-23 · Updated 2008-11-15 · CVE-2006-5877

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Enigmail extension versions prior to 0.94.2

Description: The issue concerns the improper handling of large, encrypted file e-mail attachments, which can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a crash. This has been demonstrated using Mozilla Thunderbird.

Recommendations: For Enigmail extension versions prior to 0.94.2, update to version 0.94.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-5877

Affected Products

Thunderbird

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5877 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5877 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-5877 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-5877 · Vendor Advisory
• http://enigmail.mozdev.org/changelog.html#enig0.94.2 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/22684 · Note
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-427-1 · Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://bugzilla.mozdev.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9730 · Note