National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-2778
Original release date:06/02/2006
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The crypto.signText function in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird before 1.5.0.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain optional Certificate Authority name arguments, which causes an invalid array index and triggers a buffer overflow.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification
Solution
Fixed in: Firefox 1.5.0.4
Thunderbird 1.5.0.4
SeaMonkey 1.0.2}
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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#421529
Name: VU#421529
US-CERT Technical Alert: TA06-153A
Name: TA06-153A
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-38.html
External Source: XF
Name: mozilla-crypto-signtext-bo(26849)
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-323-1
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-297-3
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-297-1
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-296-2
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-296-1
External Source: BID
Name: 18228
External Source: HP
Name: SSRT061181
External Source: HP
Name: HPSBUX02156
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20060602 rPSA-2006-0091-1 firefox thunderbird
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2006:0611
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2006:0610
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2006:0594
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2006:0578
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2006:035
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2006:146
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2006:145
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2006:143
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200606-21
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200606-12
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-0083
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-0058
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2006-3749
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2006-3748
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2006-2106
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1134
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1120
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1118
External Source: SUNALERT
Name: 102763
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1016214
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1016202
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 22066
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 22065
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21631
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21607
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21532
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21336
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21324
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21270
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21269
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21210
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21188
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21183
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21178
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21176
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21134
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 20709
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 20561
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 20382
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 20376
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2006:0609
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2006:146
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2006:145
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2006:143
