Mozilla Thunderbird before 2.0.0.22 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.17 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a multipart/alternative e-mail message containing a text/enhanced part that triggers access to an incorrect object type.

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2009:1134 :

Updated SeaMonkey packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4.

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

SeaMonkey is an open source Web browser, email and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editor.

A flaw was found in the way that SeaMonkey parsed malformed HTML mail messages. If a user opened a specially crafted HTML mail message, it could cause SeaMonkey to crash or, possibly, to execute arbitrary code as the user running SeaMonkey. (CVE-2009-2210)

All SeaMonkey users should upgrade to these updated packages, which correct this issue. After installing the update, SeaMonkey must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2009:1125 :

An updated thunderbird package that fixes several security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

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-2009-1392, CVE-2009-1303, CVE-2009-1305, CVE-2009-1833, CVE-2009-1838)

Several flaws were found in the way malformed HTML mail content was processed. An HTML mail message containing malicious content could execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of the mail message, possibly presenting misleading data to the user, or stealing sensitive information such as login credentials. (CVE-2009-1306, CVE-2009-1307, CVE-2009-1309)

Note: JavaScript support is disabled by default in Thunderbird. None of the above issues are exploitable unless JavaScript is enabled.

All Thunderbird users should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves these issues. All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2009:1126 advisory.

  - Firefox 2 and 3 Layout engine crash (CVE-2009-1303)

  - Firefox 2 and 3 JavaScript engine crash (CVE-2009-1305)

  - Firefox jar: scheme ignores the content-disposition: header on the inner URI (CVE-2009-1306)

  - Firefox Same-origin violations when Adobe Flash loaded via view-source: protocol (CVE-2009-1307)

  - Firefox XSS hazard using third-party stylesheets and XBL bindings (CVE-2009-1308)

  - Firefox Same-origin violations in XMLHttpRequest and XPCNativeWrapper.toString (CVE-2009-1309)

  - Firefox browser engine crashes (CVE-2009-1392)

  - Firefox JavaScript engine crashes (CVE-2009-1833)

  - Firefox SSL tampering via non-200 responses to proxy CONNECT requests (CVE-2009-1836)

  - Firefox arbitrary code execution flaw (CVE-2009-1838)

  - Thunderbird mail crash (CVE-2009-2210)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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.

A flaw was found in the way that SeaMonkey parsed malformed HTML mail messages. If a user opened a specially crafted HTML mail message, it could cause SeaMonkey to crash or, possibly, to execute arbitrary code as the user running SeaMonkey. (CVE-2009-2210)

After installing the update, SeaMonkey must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

An updated thunderbird package that fixes several security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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-2009-1392, CVE-2009-1303, CVE-2009-1305, CVE-2009-1833, CVE-2009-1838)

Several flaws were found in the way malformed HTML mail content was processed. An HTML mail message containing malicious content could execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of the mail message, possibly presenting misleading data to the user, or stealing sensitive information such as login credentials. (CVE-2009-1306, CVE-2009-1307, CVE-2009-1308, CVE-2009-1309)

A flaw was found in the way Thunderbird handled error responses returned from proxy servers. If an attacker is able to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack against a Thunderbird instance that is using a proxy server, they may be able to steal sensitive information from the site Thunderbird is displaying. (CVE-2009-1836)

Note: JavaScript support is disabled by default in Thunderbird. None of the above issues are exploitable unless JavaScript is enabled.

All Thunderbird users should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves these issues. All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.

seamonkey was updated to version 1.1.18, fixing various security issues :

MFSA 2009-43 / CVE-2009-2404 Moxie Marlinspike reported a heap overflow vulnerability in the code that handles regular expressions in certificate names. This vulnerability could be used to compromise the browser and run arbitrary code by presenting a specially crafted certificate to the client. This code provided compatibility with the non-standard regular expression syntax historically supported by Netscape clients and servers. With version 3.5 Firefox switched to the more limited industry-standard wildcard syntax instead and is not vulnerable to this flaw. 

MFSA 2009-42 / CVE-2009-2408: IOActive security researcher Dan Kaminsky reported a mismatch in the treatment of domain names in SSL certificates between SSL clients and the Certificate Authorities (CA) which issue server certificates. In particular, if a malicious person requested a certificate for a host name with an invalid null character in it most CAs would issue the certificate if the requester owned the domain specified after the null, while most SSL clients (browsers) ignored that part of the name and used the unvalidated part in front of the null. This made it possible for attackers to obtain certificates that would function for any site they wished to target.
These certificates could be used to intercept and potentially alter encrypted communication between the client and a server such as sensitive bank account transactions. This vulnerability was independently reported to us by researcher Moxie Marlinspike who also noted that since Firefox relies on SSL to protect the integrity of security updates this attack could be used to serve malicious updates.
Mozilla would like to thank Dan and the Microsoft Vulnerability Research team for coordinating a multiple-vendor response to this problem.

The update also contains the fixes from the skipped 1.1.17 security update: MFSA 2009-17/CVE-2009-1307: Same-origin violations when Adobe Flash loaded via view-source: scheme 

MFSA 2009-21/CVE-2009-1311:POST data sent to wrong site when saving web page with embedded frame 

MFSA 2009-24/CVE-2009-1392/CVE-2009-1832/CVE-2009-1833: Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.9.0.11) 

MFSA 2009-26/CVE-2009-1835: Arbitrary domain cookie access by local file: resources 

MFSA 2009-27/CVE-2009-1836: SSL tampering via non-200 responses to proxy CONNECT requests 

MFSA 2009-29/CVE-2009-1838: Arbitrary code execution using event listeners attached to an element whose owner document is null 

MFSA 2009-32/CVE-2009-1841: JavaScript chrome privilege escalation MFSA 2009-33/CVE-2009-2210: Crash viewing multipart/alternative message with text/enhanced part

This update brings the Mozilla SeaMonkey Suite packages to the current stable release 1.1.17.

Due to the major version update some incompatibilities might appear.

It fixes all currently published security issues, including but not limited to :

  - Same-origin violations when Adobe Flash loaded via     view-source: scheme. (MFSA 2009-17 / CVE-2009-1307)

  - POST data sent to wrong site when saving web page with     embedded frame. (MFSA 2009-21 / CVE-2009-1311)

  - Crashes with evidence of memory corruption     (rv:1.9.0.11). (MFSA 2009-24 /     CVE-2009-1392/CVE-2009-1832 / CVE-2009-1833)

  - Arbitrary domain cookie access by local file: resources.
    (MFSA 2009-26 / CVE-2009-1835)

  - SSL tampering via non-200 responses to proxy CONNECT     requests. (MFSA 2009-27 / CVE-2009-1836)

  - Arbitrary code execution using event listeners attached     to an element whose owner document is null. (MFSA     2009-29 / CVE-2009-1838)

  - JavaScript chrome privilege escalation. (MFSA 2009-32 /     CVE-2009-1841)

  - Crash viewing multipart/alternative message with     text/enhanced part. (MFSA 2009-33 / CVE-2009-2210)

Update to upstream version 1.1.17, fixing multiple security flaws:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/known- vulnerabilities/seamonkey11.html#seamonkey1.1.17

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 SeaMonkey packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4.

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

SeaMonkey is an open source Web browser, email and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editor.

A flaw was found in the way that SeaMonkey parsed malformed HTML mail messages. If a user opened a specially crafted HTML mail message, it could cause SeaMonkey to crash or, possibly, to execute arbitrary code as the user running SeaMonkey. (CVE-2009-2210)

All SeaMonkey users should upgrade to these updated packages, which correct this issue. After installing the update, SeaMonkey must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

A number of security vulnerabilities have been discovered for Mozilla Thunderbird version 2.0.0.21 (CVE-2009-1302, CVE-2009-1303, CVE-2009-1304, CVE-2009-1305, CVE-2009-1306, CVE-2009-1307, CVE-2009-1308, CVE-2009-1309, CVE-2009-2210, CVE-2009-1392, CVE-2009-1832, CVE-2009-1833, CVE-2009-1838, CVE-2009-1836, CVE-2009-1840, CVE-2009-1841).

This update provides the latest Thunderbird to correct these issues.

New mozilla-thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, and -current to fix security issues.

An updated thunderbird package that fixes several security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

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-2009-1392, CVE-2009-1303, CVE-2009-1305, CVE-2009-1833, CVE-2009-1838)

Several flaws were found in the way malformed HTML mail content was processed. An HTML mail message containing malicious content could execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of the mail message, possibly presenting misleading data to the user, or stealing sensitive information such as login credentials. (CVE-2009-1306, CVE-2009-1307, CVE-2009-1309)

Note: JavaScript support is disabled by default in Thunderbird. None of the above issues are exploitable unless JavaScript is enabled.

All Thunderbird users should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves these issues. All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.

New seamonkey packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, and -current to fix security issues.

The installed version of SeaMonkey is earlier than 1.1.17.  Such versions are potentially affected by the following security issues :

  - When an Adobe Flash file is loaded via the     'view-source:' scheme, the Flash plugin misinterprets     the origin of the content as localhost. An attacker can     leverage this to launch cross-site request forger     attacks. It is also possible to exploit this to place     cookie-like objects on victim's computers.
    (MFSA 2009-17)

  - An information disclosure vulnerability exists when     saving the inner frame of a web page as a file when the     outer page has POST data associated with it.
    (MFSA 2009-21)

  - Multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities could     potentially be exploited to execute arbitrary code.
    (MFSA 2009-24)

  - It may be possible for local resources loaded via     'file:' protocol to access any domain's cookies saved     on a user's system. (MFSA 2009-26)

  - It may be possible to tamper with SSL data via non-200     responses to proxy CONNECT requests. (MFSA 2009-27)

  - If the owner document of an element becomes null after     garbage collection, then it may be possible to execute     the event listeners within the wrong JavaScript context.
    An attacker can potentially exploit this vulnerability     to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges.
    (MFSA 2009-29)

  - It may be possible for scripts from page content to     run with elevated privileges. (MFSA 2009-32)

  - It may be possible to crash SeaMonkey while viewing     'multipart/alternative' mail message with a     'text/enhanced' part. (MFSA 2009-33)

The installed version of Thunderbird is earlier than 2.0.0.22.  Such versions are potentially affected by the following security issues :

  - Multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities could     potentially be exploited to execute arbitrary code     provided JavaScript is enabled in mail.     (MFSA 2009-14)

  - When an Adobe Flash file is loaded via the     'view-source:' scheme, the Flash plugin misinterprets     the origin of the content as localhost. An attacker can     leverage this to launch cross-site request forgery     attacks. It is also possible to exploit this to place     cookie-like objects on victim's computers.
    (MFSA 2009-17)

  - Multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities could     potentially be exploited to execute arbitrary code.
    (MFSA 2009-24)

  - It may be possible to tamper with SSL data via non-200     responses to proxy CONNECT requests. (MFSA 2009-27)

  - If the owner document of an element becomes null after     garbage collection, then it may be possible to execute     the event listeners within the wrong JavaScript context.
    An attacker can potentially exploit this vulnerability     to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges,     provided JavaScript is enabled in mail. (MFSA 2009-29)

  - It may be possible for scripts from page content to     run with elevated privileges. Thunderbird installs are     not affected by default, however if an add-on is     installed that implements functionality similar to     sidebar or BrowserFeedWriter, and also enables     JavaScript then the install could be vulnerable.
    (MFSA 2009-32)

  - It may be possible to crash Thunderbird while viewing a     'multipart/alternative' mail message with a     'text/enhanced' part. (MFSA 2009-33)

The remote host is running a version of SeaMonkey earlier than 1.1.17. Such versions are reportedly affected by multiple vulnerabilities : 

  - Multiple remote memory-corruption vulnerabilities.

  - Content injection vulnerabilities.

  - An information disclosure vulnerability.

  - A cross-site scripting vulnerability.

  - A privilege escalation vulnerability.

  - A security bypass vulnerability.

  - A URI spoofing vulnerability.

Versions of Mozilla Thunderbird prior to 2.0.0.22 are affected by the following security issues :

 - Multiple remote memory corruption vulnerabilities exist which can be exploited to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user running the affected application. (MFSA 2009-14)
 - A flaw may exist where Unicode box drawing characters are allowed in Internationalized Domain Names where they could be visually confused with punctuation used in valid web addresses. An attacker can leverage this to launch a phishing-type scam against a victim. (MFSA 2009-15)
 - A vulnerability exists when the 'jar:' scheme is used to wrap a URI which serves the content with 'Content-Disposition: attachment'. An attacker can leverage this to subvert sites which use this mechanism to mitigate content injection attacks. (MFSA 2009-16)
 - When an Adobe Flash file is loaded via the 'view-source:' scheme, the Flash plugin misinterprets the origin of the content as localhost. An attacker can leverage this to launch cross-site request forger attacks. It is also possible to exploit this to place cookie-like objects on victim's computers. (MFSA 2009-17)
 - A vulnerability exists which allows attackers to inject arbitrary scripts into sites via XBL bindings. This vulnerability requires the attacker to have the ability to embed third-party stylesheets into the site. (MFSA 2009-18)
 - Multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities exist caused by the creation of documents whose URI does not match the document's principle using XMLHttpRequest, as well as a flaw in the 'XPCNativeWrapper.ToString' '__proto__' coming from the wrong scope. (MFSA 2009-19)
 - A malicious MozSearch plugin could be created using a javascript: URI in the SearchForm value. An attacker can leverage this in order to inject code into arbitrary sites. (MFSA 2009-20)
 - An information disclosure vulnerability exists when saving the inner frame of a web page as a file when the outer page has POST data associated with it. (MFSA 2009-21)
 - A cross site scripting vulnerability exists when handling a Refresh header containing a javascript: URI. (MFSA 2009-22)" ); 

The remote host is running a version of Mozilla SeaMonkey earlier than 1.1.17. Such versions are reportedly affected by multiple vulnerabilities : 

  - Multiple remote memory-corruption vulnerabilities.

  - Content injection vulnerabilities.

  - An information disclosure vulnerability.

  - A cross-site scripting vulnerability.

  - A privilege escalation vulnerability.

  - A security bypass vulnerability.

  - A URI spoofing vulnerability.

The installed version of Thunderbird is earlier than 2.0.0.22. Such versions are potentially affected by the following security issues :

  - Multiple remote memory corruption vulnerabilities exist which can be exploited to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user running the affected application. (MFSA 2009-14)

  - A flaw may exist where Unicode box drawing characters are allowed in Internationalized Domain Names where they could be visually confused with punctuation used in valid web addresses. An attacker can leverage this to launch a phishing-type scam against a victim. (MFSA 2009-15)

  - A vulnerability exists when the 'jar:' scheme is used to wrap a URI which serves the content with 'Content-Disposition: attachment'. An attacker can leverage this to subvert sites which use this mechanism to mitigate content injection attacks. (MFSA 2009-16)

  - When an Adobe Flash file is loaded via the 'view-source:' scheme, the Flash plugin misinterprets the origin of the content as localhost. An attacker can leverage this to launch cross-site request forger attacks. It is also possible to exploit this to place cookie-like objects on victim's computers. (MFSA 2009-17)

  - A vulnerability exists which allows attackers to inject arbitrary scripts into sites via XBL bindings. This vulnerability requires the attacker to have the ability to embed third-party stylesheets into the site. (MFSA 2009-18)

  - Multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities exist caused by the creation of documents whose URI does not match the document's principle using XMLHttpRequest, as well as a flaw in the 'XPCNativeWrapper.ToString' '__proto__' coming from the wrong scope. (MFSA 2009-19)

  - A malicious MozSearch plugin could be created using a javascript: URI in the SearchForm value. An attacker can leverage this in order to inject code into arbitrary sites. (MFSA 2009-20)

  - An information disclosure vulnerability exists when saving the inner frame of a web page as a file when the outer page has POST data associated with it. (MFSA 2009-21)

  - A cross site scripting vulnerability exists when handling a Refresh header containing a javascript: URI. (MFSA 2009-22)" );

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
67885	Oracle Linux 3 / 4 : seamonkey (ELSA-2009-1134)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
67881	Oracle Linux 4 : thunderbird (ELSA-2009-1125)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
63881	RHEL 5 : thunderbird (RHSA-2009:1126)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
63402	GLSA-201301-01 : Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities (BEAST)	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	critical
60610	Scientific Linux Security Update : seamonkey on SL3.x, SL4.x i386/x86_64	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	high
43762	CentOS 5 : thunderbird (CESA-2009:1126)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	high
42327	openSUSE 10 Security Update : seamonkey (seamonkey-6538)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
42206	openSUSE Security Update : seamonkey (seamonkey-1364)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
42202	openSUSE Security Update : seamonkey (seamonkey-1364)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
42048	SuSE9 Security Update : epiphany (YOU Patch Number 12519)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
39846	Fedora 11 : seamonkey-1.1.17-1.fc11 (2009-7614)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
39845	Fedora 10 : seamonkey-1.1.17-1.fc10 (2009-7567)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
39585	CentOS 3 : seamonkey (CESA-2009:1134)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	high
39584	RHEL 3 / 4 : seamonkey (RHSA-2009:1134)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
39581	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mozilla-thunderbird (MDVSA-2009:141)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	high
39560	Slackware 10.2 / 11.0 / 12.0 / 12.1 / 12.2 / current : mozilla-thunderbird (SSA:2009-178-01)	Nessus	Slackware Local Security Checks	high
39528	RHEL 4 : thunderbird (RHSA-2009:1125)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
39522	Slackware 11.0 / 12.0 / 12.1 / 12.2 / current : seamonkey (SSA:2009-176-01)	Nessus	Slackware Local Security Checks	high
39494	SeaMonkey < 1.1.17 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	high
39493	Mozilla Thunderbird < 2.0.0.22 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	high
5084	SeaMonkey < 1.1.17 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	Web Clients	medium
5001	Mozilla Thunderbird < 2.0.0.22 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	SMTP Clients	medium
801255	Mozilla SeaMonkey < 1.1.17 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Log Correlation Engine	Web Clients	high
801249	Mozilla Thunderbird < 2.0.0.21 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Log Correlation Engine	SMTP Clients	high

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