Heap-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Thunderbird before 2.0.0.17 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long header in a news article, related to "canceling [a] newsgroup message" and "cancelled newsgroup messages."

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2008:0908 :

Updated thunderbird packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed HTML mail content. An HTML mail message containing malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2008-0016, CVE-2008-4058, CVE-2008-4059, CVE-2008-4060, CVE-2008-4061, CVE-2008-4062)

Several flaws were found in the way malformed HTML mail content was displayed. An HTML mail message containing specially crafted content could potentially trick a Thunderbird user into surrendering sensitive information. (CVE-2008-3835, CVE-2008-4067, CVE-2008-4068)

A flaw was found in Thunderbird that caused certain characters to be stripped from JavaScript code. This flaw could allow malicious JavaScript to bypass or evade script filters. (CVE-2008-4065, CVE-2008-4066)

Note: JavaScript support is disabled by default in Thunderbird; the above issue is not exploitable unless JavaScript is enabled.

A heap based buffer overflow flaw was found in the handling of cancelled newsgroup messages. If the user cancels a specially crafted newsgroup message it could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Thunderbird.
(CVE-2008-4070)

All Thunderbird users should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201301-01 (Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Firefox,       Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, NSS, GNU IceCat, and XULRunner. Please review the       CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker could entice a user to view a specially crafted web       page or email, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code or a       Denial of Service condition. Furthermore, a remote attacker may be able       to perform Man-in-the-Middle attacks, obtain sensitive information,       bypass restrictions and protection mechanisms, force file downloads,       conduct XML injection attacks, conduct XSS attacks, bypass the Same       Origin Policy, spoof URL&rsquo;s for phishing attacks, trigger a vertical       scroll, spoof the location bar, spoof an SSL indicator, modify the       browser&rsquo;s font, conduct clickjacking attacks, or have other unspecified       impact.
    A local attacker could gain escalated privileges, obtain sensitive       information, or replace an arbitrary downloaded file.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed HTML mail content. An HTML mail message containing malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2008-0016, CVE-2008-4058, CVE-2008-4059, CVE-2008-4060, CVE-2008-4061, CVE-2008-4062)

Several flaws were found in the way malformed HTML mail content was displayed. An HTML mail message containing specially crafted content could potentially trick a Thunderbird user into surrendering sensitive information. (CVE-2008-3835, CVE-2008-4067, CVE-2008-4068)

A flaw was found in Thunderbird that caused certain characters to be stripped from JavaScript code. This flaw could allow malicious JavaScript to bypass or evade script filters. (CVE-2008-4065, CVE-2008-4066)

Note: JavaScript support is disabled by default in Thunderbird; the above issue is not exploitable unless JavaScript is enabled.

A heap based buffer overflow flaw was found in the handling of cancelled newsgroup messages. If the user cancels a specially crafted newsgroup message it could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Thunderbird.
(CVE-2008-4070)

Note2: On SL4 this updates fixes the bug that when a URL link is clicked, firefox wouldn't start. Firefox now starts when a URL link is clicked.

This update brings Mozilla Thunderbird to version 2.0.0.17.

It contains the following security fixes: MFSA 2008-46 / CVE-2008-4070: Heap overflow when canceling a newsgroup message

MFSA 2008-44 / CVE-2008-4067 / CVE-2008-4068: resource: traversal vulnerabilities

MFSA 2008-43: BOM characters stripped from JavaScript before execution CVE-2008-4065: Stripped BOM characters bug CVE-2008-4066: HTML escaped low surrogates bug

MFSA 2008-42 Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.9.0.2/1.8.1.17): CVE-2008-4061: Jesse Ruderman reported a crash in the layout engine. CVE-2008-4062: Igor Bukanov, Philip Taylor, Georgi Guninski, and Antoine Labour reported crashes in the JavaScript engine. CVE-2008-4063: Jesse Ruderman, Bob Clary, and Martijn Wargers reported crashes in the layout engine which only affected Firefox 3.
CVE-2008-4064: David Maciejak and Drew Yao reported crashes in graphics rendering which only affected Firefox 3.

MFSA 2008-41 Privilege escalation via XPCnativeWrapper pollution CVE-2008-4058: XPCnativeWrapper pollution bugs CVE-2008-4059:
XPCnativeWrapper pollution (Firefox 2) CVE-2008-4060: Documents without script handling objects

MFSA 2008-38 / CVE-2008-3835: nsXMLDocument::OnChannelRedirect() same-origin violation

MFSA 2008-37 / CVE-2008-0016: UTF-8 URL stack buffer overflow

For more details:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/thunderbird20.ht ml

It was discovered that the same-origin check in Thunderbird could be bypassed. If a user had JavaScript enabled and were tricked into opening a malicious website, an attacker may be able to execute JavaScript in the context of a different website. (CVE-2008-3835)

Several problems were discovered in the browser engine of Thunderbird.
If a user had JavaScript enabled, this could allow an attacker to execute code with chrome privileges. (CVE-2008-4058, CVE-2008-4059, CVE-2008-4060)

Drew Yao, David Maciejak and other Mozilla developers found several problems in the browser engine of Thunderbird. If a user had JavaScript enabled and were tricked into opening a malicious web page, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
(CVE-2008-4061, CVE-2008-4062, CVE-2008-4063, CVE-2008-4064)

Dave Reed discovered a flaw in the JavaScript parsing code when processing certain BOM characters. An attacker could exploit this to bypass script filters and perform cross-site scripting attacks if a user had JavaScript enabled. (CVE-2008-4065)

Gareth Heyes discovered a flaw in the HTML parser of Thunderbird. If a user had JavaScript enabled and were tricked into opening a malicious web page, an attacker could bypass script filtering and perform cross-site scripting attacks. (CVE-2008-4066)

Boris Zbarsky and Georgi Guninski independently discovered flaws in the resource: protocol. An attacker could exploit this to perform directory traversal, read information about the system, and prompt the user to save information in a file. (CVE-2008-4067, CVE-2008-4068)

Georgi Guninski discovered that Thunderbird improperly handled cancelled newsgroup messages. If a user opened a crafted newsgroup message, an attacker could cause a buffer overrun and potentially execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2008-4070).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

A number of security vulnerabilities have been discovered and corrected in the latest Mozilla Thunderbird program, version 2.0.0.17 (CVE-2008-0016, CVE-2008-3835, CVE-2008-4058, CVE-2008-4059, CVE-2008-4060, CVE-2008-4061, CVE-2008-4062, CVE-2008-4065, CVE-2008-4066, CVE-2008-4067, CVE-2008-4068, CVE-2008-4070).

This update provides the latest Thunderbird to correct these issues.

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in Iceape an unbranded version of the SeaMonkey internet suite. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

  - CVE-2008-0016     Justin Schuh, Tom Cross and Peter Williams discovered a     buffer overflow in the parser for UTF-8 URLs, which may     lead to the execution of arbitrary code. (MFSA 2008-37)

  - CVE-2008-0304     It was discovered that a buffer overflow in MIME     decoding can lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
    (MFSA 2008-26)

  - CVE-2008-2785     It was discovered that missing boundary checks on a     reference counter for CSS objects can lead to the     execution of arbitrary code. (MFSA 2008-34)

  - CVE-2008-2798     Devon Hubbard, Jesse Ruderman and Martijn Wargers     discovered crashes in the layout engine, which might     allow the execution of arbitrary code. (MFSA 2008-21)

  - CVE-2008-2799     Igor Bukanov, Jesse Ruderman and Gary Kwong discovered     crashes in the JavaScript engine, which might allow the     execution of arbitrary code. (MFSA 2008-21)

  - CVE-2008-2800     'moz_bug_r_a4' discovered several cross-site scripting     vulnerabilities. (MFSA 2008-22)

  - CVE-2008-2801     Collin Jackson and Adam Barth discovered that JavaScript     code could be executed in the context or signed JAR     archives. (MFSA 2008-23)

  - CVE-2008-2802     'moz_bug_r_a4' discovered that XUL documements can     escalate privileges by accessing the pre-compiled     'fastload' file. (MFSA 2008-24)

  - CVE-2008-2803     'moz_bug_r_a4' discovered that missing input sanitising     in the mozIJSSubScriptLoader.loadSubScript() function     could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. Iceape     itself is not affected, but some addons are. (MFSA     2008-25)

  - CVE-2008-2805     Claudio Santambrogio discovered that missing access     validation in DOM parsing allows malicious websites to     force the browser to upload local files to the server,     which could lead to information disclosure. (MFSA     2008-27)

  - CVE-2008-2807     Daniel Glazman discovered that a programming error in     the code for parsing .properties files could lead to     memory content being exposed to addons, which could lead     to information disclosure. (MFSA 2008-29)

  - CVE-2008-2808     Masahiro Yamada discovered that file URLs in directory     listings were insufficiently escaped. (MFSA 2008-30)

  - CVE-2008-2809     John G. Myers, Frank Benkstein and Nils Toedtmann     discovered that alternate names on self-signed     certificates were handled insufficiently, which could     lead to spoofings of secure connections. (MFSA 2008-31)

  - CVE-2008-2810     It was discovered that URL shortcut files could be used     to bypass the same-origin restrictions. This issue does     not affect current Iceape, but might occur with     additional extensions installed. (MFSA 2008-32)

  - CVE-2008-2811     Greg McManus discovered a crash in the block reflow     code, which might allow the execution of arbitrary code.
    (MFSA 2008-33)

  - CVE-2008-2933     Billy Rios discovered that passing an URL containing a     pipe symbol to Iceape can lead to Chrome privilege     escalation. (MFSA 2008-35)

  - CVE-2008-3835     'moz_bug_r_a4' discovered that the same-origin check in     nsXMLDocument::OnChannelRedirect() could be bypassed.
    (MFSA 2008-38)

  - CVE-2008-3836     'moz_bug_r_a4' discovered that several vulnerabilities     in feedWriter could lead to Chrome privilege escalation.
    (MFSA 2008-39)

  - CVE-2008-3837     Paul Nickerson discovered that an attacker could move     windows during a mouse click, resulting in unwanted     action triggered by drag-and-drop. (MFSA 2008-40)

  - CVE-2008-4058     'moz_bug_r_a4' discovered a vulnerability which can     result in Chrome privilege escalation through     XPCNativeWrappers. (MFSA 2008-41)

  - CVE-2008-4059     'moz_bug_r_a4' discovered a vulnerability which can     result in Chrome privilege escalation through     XPCNativeWrappers. (MFSA 2008-41)

  - CVE-2008-4060     Olli Pettay and 'moz_bug_r_a4' discovered a Chrome     privilege escalation vulnerability in XSLT handling.
    (MFSA 2008-41)

  - CVE-2008-4061     Jesse Ruderman discovered a crash in the layout engine,     which might allow the execution of arbitrary code. (MFSA     2008-42)

  - CVE-2008-4062     Igor Bukanov, Philip Taylor, Georgi Guninski and Antoine     Labour discovered crashes in the JavaScript engine,     which might allow the execution of arbitrary code. (MFSA     2008-42)

  - CVE-2008-4065     Dave Reed discovered that some Unicode byte order marks     are stripped from JavaScript code before execution,     which can result in code being executed, which were     otherwise part of a quoted string. (MFSA 2008-43)

  - CVE-2008-4067     Boris Zbarsky discovered that resource: URLs allow     directory traversal when using URL-encoded slashes.
    (MFSA 2008-44)

  - CVE-2008-4068     Georgi Guninski discovered that resource: URLs could     bypass local access restrictions. (MFSA 2008-44)

  - CVE-2008-4069     Billy Hoffman discovered that the XBM decoder could     reveal uninitialised memory. (MFSA 2008-45)

  - CVE-2008-4070     It was discovered that a buffer overflow could be     triggered via a long header in a news article, which     could lead to arbitrary code execution. (MFSA 2008-46)

  - CVE-2008-5012     Georgi Guninski, Michal Zalewski and Chris Evan     discovered that the canvas element could be used to     bypass same-origin restrictions. (MFSA 2008-48)

  - CVE-2008-5013     It was discovered that insufficient checks in the Flash     plugin glue code could lead to arbitrary code execution.
    (MFSA 2008-49)

  - CVE-2008-5014     Jesse Ruderman discovered that a programming error in     the window.__proto__.__proto__ object could lead to     arbitrary code execution. (MFSA 2008-50)

  - CVE-2008-5017     It was discovered that crashes in the layout engine     could lead to arbitrary code execution. (MFSA 2008-52)

  - CVE-2008-0017     Justin Schuh discovered that a buffer overflow in     http-index-format parser could lead to arbitrary code     execution. (MFSA 2008-54)

  - CVE-2008-5021     It was discovered that a crash in the nsFrameManager     might lead to the execution of arbitrary code. (MFSA     2008-55)

  - CVE-2008-5022     'moz_bug_r_a4' discovered that the same-origin check in     nsXMLHttpRequest::NotifyEventListeners() could be     bypassed. (MFSA 2008-56)

  - CVE-2008-5024     Chris Evans discovered that quote characters were     improperly escaped in the default namespace of E4X     documents. (MFSA 2008-58)

  - CVE-2008-4582     Liu Die Yu discovered an information leak through local     shortcut files. (MFSA 2008-59)

  - CVE-2008-5500     Jesse Ruderman discovered that the layout engine is     vulnerable to DoS attacks that might trigger memory     corruption and an integer overflow. (MFSA 2008-60)

  - CVE-2008-5503     Boris Zbarsky discovered that an information disclosure     attack could be performed via XBL bindings. (MFSA     2008-61)

  - CVE-2008-5506     Marius Schilder discovered that it is possible to obtain     sensible data via a XMLHttpRequest. (MFSA 2008-64)

  - CVE-2008-5507     Chris Evans discovered that it is possible to obtain     sensible data via a JavaScript URL. (MFSA 2008-65)

  - CVE-2008-5508     Chip Salzenberg discovered possible phishing attacks via     URLs with leading whitespaces or control characters.
    (MFSA 2008-66)

  - CVE-2008-5511     It was discovered that it is possible to perform     cross-site scripting attacks via an XBL binding to an     'unloaded document.' (MFSA 2008-68)

  - CVE-2008-5512     It was discovered that it is possible to run arbitrary     JavaScript with chrome privileges via unknown vectors.
    (MFSA 2008-68)

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Icedove mail client, an unbranded version of the Thunderbird mail client. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

  - CVE-2008-0016     Justin Schuh, Tom Cross and Peter Williams discovered a     buffer overflow in the parser for UTF-8 URLs, which may     lead to the execution of arbitrary code. (MFSA 2008-37)

  - CVE-2008-1380     It was discovered that crashes in the JavaScript engine     could potentially lead to the execution of arbitrary     code. (MFSA 2008-20)

  - CVE-2008-3835     'moz_bug_r_a4' discovered that the same-origin check in     nsXMLDocument::OnChannelRedirect() could be bypassed.
    (MFSA 2008-38)

  - CVE-2008-4058     'moz_bug_r_a4' discovered a vulnerability which can     result in Chrome privilege escalation through     XPCNativeWrappers. (MFSA 2008-41)

  - CVE-2008-4059     'moz_bug_r_a4' discovered a vulnerability which can     result in Chrome privilege escalation through     XPCNativeWrappers. (MFSA 2008-41)

  - CVE-2008-4060     Olli Pettay and 'moz_bug_r_a4' discovered a Chrome     privilege escalation vulnerability in XSLT handling.
    (MFSA 2008-41)

  - CVE-2008-4061     Jesse Ruderman discovered a crash in the layout engine,     which might allow the execution of arbitrary code. (MFSA     2008-42)

  - CVE-2008-4062     Igor Bukanov, Philip Taylor, Georgi Guninski and Antoine     Labour discovered crashes in the JavaScript engine,     which might allow the execution of arbitrary code. (MFSA     2008-42)

  - CVE-2008-4065     Dave Reed discovered that some Unicode byte order marks     are stripped from JavaScript code before execution,     which can result in code being executed, which were     otherwise part of a quoted string. (MFSA 2008-43)

  - CVE-2008-4067     It was discovered that a directory traversal allows     attackers to read arbitrary files via a certain     character. (MFSA 2008-44)

  - CVE-2008-4068     It was discovered that a directory traversal allows     attackers to bypass security restrictions and obtain     sensitive information. (MFSA 2008-44)

  - CVE-2008-4070     It was discovered that a buffer overflow could be     triggered via a long header in a news article, which     could lead to arbitrary code execution. (MFSA 2008-46)

  - CVE-2008-4582     Liu Die Yu and Boris Zbarsky discovered an information     leak through local shortcut files. (MFSA 2008-47, MFSA     2008-59)

  - CVE-2008-5012     Georgi Guninski, Michal Zalewski and Chris Evan     discovered that the canvas element could be used to     bypass same-origin restrictions. (MFSA 2008-48)

  - CVE-2008-5014     Jesse Ruderman discovered that a programming error in     the window.__proto__.__proto__ object could lead to     arbitrary code execution. (MFSA 2008-50)

  - CVE-2008-5017     It was discovered that crashes in the layout engine     could lead to arbitrary code execution. (MFSA 2008-52)

  - CVE-2008-5018     It was discovered that crashes in the JavaScript engine     could lead to arbitrary code execution. (MFSA 2008-52)

  - CVE-2008-5021     It was discovered that a crash in the nsFrameManager     might lead to the execution of arbitrary code. (MFSA     2008-55)

  - CVE-2008-5022     'moz_bug_r_a4' discovered that the same-origin check in     nsXMLHttpRequest::NotifyEventListeners() could be     bypassed. (MFSA 2008-56)

  - CVE-2008-5024     Chris Evans discovered that quote characters were     improperly escaped in the default namespace of E4X     documents. (MFSA 2008-58)

  - CVE-2008-5500     Jesse Ruderman discovered that the layout engine is     vulnerable to DoS attacks that might trigger memory     corruption and an integer overflow. (MFSA 2008-60)

  - CVE-2008-5503     Boris Zbarsky discovered that an information disclosure     attack could be performed via XBL bindings. (MFSA     2008-61)

  - CVE-2008-5506     Marius Schilder discovered that it is possible to obtain     sensible data via a XMLHttpRequest. (MFSA 2008-64)

  - CVE-2008-5507     Chris Evans discovered that it is possible to obtain     sensible data via a JavaScript URL. (MFSA 2008-65)

  - CVE-2008-5508     Chip Salzenberg discovered possible phishing attacks via     URLs with leading whitespaces or control characters.
    (MFSA 2008-66)

  - CVE-2008-5511     It was discovered that it is possible to perform     cross-site scripting attacks via an XBL binding to an     'unloaded document.' (MFSA 2008-68)

  - CVE-2008-5512     It was discovered that it is possible to run arbitrary     JavaScript with chrome privileges via unknown vectors.
    (MFSA 2008-68)

This update update upgrades thunderbird packages to upstream version 2.0.0.18, which fixes multiple security issues detailed in upstream security advisories: http://www.mozilla.org/security/known- vulnerabilities/thunderbird20.html#thunderbird2.0.0.17 http://www.mozilla.org/security/known- vulnerabilities/thunderbird20.html#thunderbird2.0.0.18

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Updated thunderbird packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed HTML mail content. An HTML mail message containing malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2008-0016, CVE-2008-4058, CVE-2008-4059, CVE-2008-4060, CVE-2008-4061, CVE-2008-4062)

Several flaws were found in the way malformed HTML mail content was displayed. An HTML mail message containing specially crafted content could potentially trick a Thunderbird user into surrendering sensitive information. (CVE-2008-3835, CVE-2008-4067, CVE-2008-4068)

A flaw was found in Thunderbird that caused certain characters to be stripped from JavaScript code. This flaw could allow malicious JavaScript to bypass or evade script filters. (CVE-2008-4065, CVE-2008-4066)

Note: JavaScript support is disabled by default in Thunderbird; the above issue is not exploitable unless JavaScript is enabled.

A heap based buffer overflow flaw was found in the handling of cancelled newsgroup messages. If the user cancels a specially crafted newsgroup message it could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Thunderbird.
(CVE-2008-4070)

All Thunderbird users should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues.

New mozilla-thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, and -current to fix security issues.

Versions of Mozilla Thunderbird prior to 2.0.0.17 are affected by the following vulnerabilities :

 - Using a specially crafted UTF-8 URL in a hyperlink, an attacker might be able to exploit a stack buffer overflow in the Mozilla URL parsing routes to execute arbitrary code (MFSA 2008-37).
 - It is possible to bypass the same-origin check in 'nsXMLDocument::OnChannelRedirect()' (MFSA 2008-38).
 - Privilege escalation is possible via 'XPCnativeWrapper' pollution (MFSA 2008-41).
 - There are several stability bugs in the browser engine that may lead to crashes with evidence of memory corruption (MFSA 2008-42).
 - Certain BOM characters and low surrogate characters, if HTML-escaped, are stripped from JavaScript code before it is executed, which could allow for cross-site scripting attacks (MFSA 2008-43).
 - The 'resource:' protocol allows directory traversal on Linux when using URL-encoded slashes, and it can by used to bypass restrictions on local HTML files (MFSA 2008-44).
 - There is a heap buffer overflow that can be triggered when canceling a newsgroup message (MFSA 2008-46).

New seamonkey packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, and -current to fix security issues.

The installed version of Thunderbird is affected by various security issues :

  - Using a specially crafted UTF-8 URL in a hyperlink, an     attacker might be able to exploit a stack buffer     overflow in the Mozilla URL parsing routes to execute     arbitrary code (MFSA 2008-37).

  - It is possible to bypass the same-origin check in     'nsXMLDocument::OnChannelRedirect()' (MFSA 2008-38).

  - Privilege escalation is possible via 'XPCnativeWrapper'     pollution (MFSA 2008-41).

  - There are several stability bugs in the browser engine     that coould lead to crashes with evidence of memory     corruption (MFSA 2008-42).

  - Certain BOM characters and low surrogate characters,     if HTML-escaped, are stripped from JavaScript code     before it is executed, which could allow for cross-     site scripting attacks (MFSA 2008-43).

  - The 'resource:' protocol allows directory traversal     on Linux when using URL-encoded slashes, and it can     be used to bypass restrictions on local HTML files     (MFSA 2008-44).

  - There is a heap-based buffer overflow that can be     triggered when canceling a newsgroup message     (MFSA 2008-46).

 The installed version of SeaMonkey is affected by various security issues : 

  - Using a specially crafted UTF-8 URL in a hyperlink, an attacker might be able to exploit a stack buffer overflow in the Mozilla URL parsing routes to execute arbitrary code (MFSA 2008-37).
  - It is possible to bypass the same-origin check in 'nsXMLDocument: : OnChannelRedirect()' (MFSA 2008-38).
  - An attacker can cause the content window to move while the mouse is being clicked, causing an item to be dragged rather than clicked-on (MFSA 2008-40).
  - Privilege escalation is possible via 'XPCnativeWrapper' pollution (MFSA 2008-41).
  - There are several stability bugs in the browser engine that may lead to crashes with evidence of memory corruption (MFSA 2008-42).
  - Certain BOM characters and low surrogate characters, if HTML-escaped, are stripped from JavaScript code before it is executed, which could allow for cross-site scripting attacks (MFSA 2008-43).
  - The 'resource: ' protocol allows directory traversal on Linux when using URL-encoded slashes, and it can by used to bypass restrictions on local HTML files (MFSA 2008-44).
  - A bug in the XBM decoder allows random small chunks of uninitialized memory to be read (MFSA 2008-45).

The installed version of SeaMonkey is affected by various security issues :

  - Using a specially crafted UTF-8 URL in a hyperlink, an     attacker might be able to exploit a stack buffer     overflow in the Mozilla URL parsing routes to execute     arbitrary code. (MFSA 2008-37)

  - It is possible to bypass the same-origin check in     'nsXMLDocument::OnChannelRedirect()'. (MFSA 2008-38)

  - An attacker can cause the content window to move while     the mouse is being clicked, causing an item to be     dragged rather than clicked-on. (MFSA 2008-40)

  - Privilege escalation is possible via 'XPCnativeWrapper'     pollution. (MFSA 2008-41)

  - There are several stability bugs in the browser engine     that may lead to crashes with evidence of memory     corruption. (MFSA 2008-42)

  - Certain BOM characters and low surrogate characters,     if HTML-escaped, are stripped from JavaScript code     before it is executed, which could allow for cross-     site scripting attacks. (MFSA 2008-43)

  - The 'resource:' protocol allows directory traversal     on Linux when using URL-encoded slashes, and it can     by used to bypass restrictions on local HTML files.
    (MFSA 2008-44)

  - A bug in the XBM decoder allows random small chunks of     uninitialized memory to be read. (MFSA 2008-45)

  - There is a heap-based buffer overflow that can be     triggered when canceling a newsgroup message.
    (MFSA 2008-46)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
67754	Oracle Linux 4 : thunderbird (ELSA-2008-0908)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	critical
63402	GLSA-201301-01 : Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities (BEAST)	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	critical
60478	Scientific Linux Security Update : thunderbird on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	critical
39893	openSUSE Security Update : MozillaThunderbird (MozillaThunderbird-236)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
37910	Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.04 / 7.10 / 8.04 LTS : mozilla-thunderbird, thunderbird vulnerabilities (USN-647-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
37308	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mozilla-thunderbird (MDVSA-2008:206)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	critical
35314	Debian DSA-1697-1 : iceape - several vulnerabilities	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical
35313	Debian DSA-1696-1 : icedove - several vulnerabilities	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical
34837	Fedora 9 : thunderbird-2.0.0.18-1.fc9 (2008-9859)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
34836	Fedora 8 : thunderbird-2.0.0.18-1.fc8 (2008-9807)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
34345	openSUSE 10 Security Update : MozillaThunderbird (MozillaThunderbird-5655)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
34339	CentOS 4 / 5 : thunderbird (CESA-2008:0908)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	critical
34330	RHEL 4 / 5 : thunderbird (RHSA-2008:0908)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
34300	Slackware 10.2 / 11.0 / 12.0 / 12.1 / current : mozilla-thunderbird (SSA:2008-270-01)	Nessus	Slackware Local Security Checks	critical
4696	Mozilla Thunderbird < 2.0.0.17 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	SMTP Clients	medium
34296	Slackware 11.0 / 12.0 / 12.1 / current : seamonkey (SSA:2008-269-02)	Nessus	Slackware Local Security Checks	critical
34294	Mozilla Thunderbird < 2.0.0.17 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	high
4693	SeaMonkey < 1.1.12 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	Web Clients	medium
34269	SeaMonkey < 1.1.12 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	high

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critical

critical

critical

critical

critical

medium

critical

high

medium

high