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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2006.021

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2006.021
Posted Jan 27, 2006
Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory - GUI display truncation vulnerability in Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2, 1.0.6, and 1.0.7 allows user-complicit attackers to execute arbitrary code via an attachment with a filename containing a large number of spaces ending with a dangerous extension that is not displayed by Thunderbird, along with an inconsistent Content-Type header, which could be used to trick a user into downloading dangerous content by dragging or saving the attachment.

tags | advisory, arbitrary
systems | linux, mandriva
SHA-256 | 897c333ce70a20c6f2d9149f352916147e4429b477261025fe5234bb08e37eaa

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2006.021

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2006:021
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : mozilla-thunderbird
Date : January 25, 2006
Affected: 2006.0
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Problem Description:

GUI display truncation vulnerability in Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2, 1.0.6,
and 1.0.7 allows user-complicit attackers to execute arbitrary code via an
attachment with a filename containing a large number of spaces ending with
a dangerous extension that is not displayed by Thunderbird, along with an
inconsistent Content-Type header, which could be used to trick a user into
downloading dangerous content by dragging or saving the attachment.

The updated packages have been patched to correct this problem.
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0236
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Updated Packages:

Mandriva Linux 2006.0:
ec5571737dd8a0908f6532d657ccc378 2006.0/RPMS/mozilla-thunderbird-1.0.6-7.3.20060mdk.i586.rpm
6ad6aa5666f6ba499c3e78a9e24f4917 2006.0/RPMS/mozilla-thunderbird-enigmail-1.0.6-7.3.20060mdk.i586.rpm
a89fceffe0e0429c634b0b76120ee36a 2006.0/RPMS/mozilla-thunderbird-enigmime-1.0.6-7.3.20060mdk.i586.rpm
8babd434a3fe12a7134239ca36658743 2006.0/SRPMS/mozilla-thunderbird-1.0.6-7.3.20060mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2006.0/X86_64:
5df5db7c2e45cf30d3d5f0209a7b0cd8 x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/mozilla-thunderbird-1.0.6-7.3.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
58595fbd0a66345df85e4e586ee2bbd8 x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/mozilla-thunderbird-enigmail-1.0.6-7.3.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
351d08e5ca2c990fd6496f857b2b1fb0 x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/mozilla-thunderbird-enigmime-1.0.6-7.3.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
8babd434a3fe12a7134239ca36658743 x86_64/2006.0/SRPMS/mozilla-thunderbird-1.0.6-7.3.20060mdk.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the
GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_(at)_mandriva.com
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
<security*mandriva.com>
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