CVE-2006-5877

The enigmail extension before 0.94.2 does not properly handle large, encrypted file e-mail attachments, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), as demonstrated with Mozilla Thunderbird.

CVSS v2.0 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://bugzilla.mozdev.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9730
http://enigmail.mozdev.org/changelog.html#enig0.94.2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-427-1	Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22684

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:::powerpc:::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:::powerpc:::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:::powerpc:::::*

cpe:2.3:a:enigmail:enigmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2007-02-23 13:28

Updated : 2008-11-14 22:33

NVD link : CVE-2006-5877

Mitre link : CVE-2006-5877

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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Products Affected

ubuntu

ubuntu_linux

enigmail

enigmail

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