CVE-2006-2778: Buffer Overflow
First published: Fri Jun 02 2006(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla Firefox | <=1.5.0.3 | |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | <=1.5.0.3 |
Never miss a vulnerability like this again
Sign up to SecAlerts for real-time vulnerability data matched to your software, aggregated from hundreds of sources.
Reference Links
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-38.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/421529
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-153A.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18228
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016202
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016214
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20376
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20382
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-12.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20561
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-21.xml
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_35_mozilla.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20709
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0578.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21134
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1118
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1120
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21183
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21176
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21178
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21188
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21210
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1134
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0610.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0611.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21269
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21270
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0609.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21336
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21324
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21532
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21607
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0594.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21631
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102763-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:143
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:145
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:146
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22065
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22066
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3749
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2106
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0058
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26849
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9703
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/323-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/297-3/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/297-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/296-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/296-1/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446658/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446657/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435795/100/0/threaded
- agent/weakness
- agent/severity
- agent/author
- agent/type
- agent/event
- agent/description
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/tags
- collector/nvd-historical
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/references
- vendor/mozilla
- canonical/mozilla firefox
- version/mozilla firefox/1.5.0.3
- canonical/mozilla thunderbird
- version/mozilla thunderbird/1.5.0.3