May 2006
Two Gentoo Linux Security Advisories: 1. GLSA 200605-08 - PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities 2. GLSA 200605-09 - Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities
ID: 00343
Ref: 336/2006
Date: 09 May 2006:14:18:17
Version: 1
Title: Two Gentoo Linux Security Advisories: 1. GLSA 200605-08 - PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities 2. GLSA 200605-09 - Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities
Abstract:
Vendors affected: Gentoo
Operating systems affected: Gentoo
Applications affected: Gentoo
Title
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Two Gentoo Linux Security Advisories:
1. GLSA 200605-08 - PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities
2. GLSA 200605-09 - Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities
Detail
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1. Several vulnerabilities were discovered on PHP4 and PHP5 by Infigo,
Tonu Samuel and Maksymilian Arciemowicz. These included a buffer
overflow in the wordwrap() function, restriction bypasses in the copy()
and tempname() functions, a cross-site scripting issue in the phpinfo()
function, a potential crash in the substr_compare() function and a
memory leak in the non-binary-safe html_entity_decode() function.
2. Several vulnerabilities were found and fixed in Mozilla Thunderbird.
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200605-08
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Severity: High
Title: PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: May 08, 2006
Bugs: #127939, #128883, #131135
ID: 200605-08
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Synopsis
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PHP is affected by multiple issues, including a buffer overflow in
wordwrap() which may lead to execution of arbitrary code.
Background
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PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is
especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-lang/php < 5.1.4 >= 5.1.4
*>= 4.4.2-r2
Description
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Several vulnerabilities were discovered on PHP4 and PHP5 by Infigo,
Tonu Samuel and Maksymilian Arciemowicz. These included a buffer
overflow in the wordwrap() function, restriction bypasses in the copy()
and tempname() functions, a cross-site scripting issue in the phpinfo()
function, a potential crash in the substr_compare() function and a
memory leak in the non-binary-safe html_entity_decode() function.
Impact
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Remote attackers might be able to exploit these issues in PHP
applications making use of the affected functions, potentially
resulting in the execution of arbitrary code, Denial of Service,
execution of scripted contents in the context of the affected site,
security bypass or information leak.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this point.
Resolution
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All PHP users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/php-5.1.4"
PHP4 users that wish to keep that version line should upgrade to the
latest 4.x version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose =dev-lang/php-4.4.2-r2
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2006-0996
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0996
[ 2 ] CVE-2006-1490
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1490
[ 3 ] CVE-2006-1990
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1990
[ 4 ] CVE-2006-1991
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1991
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200605-08.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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Severity: Normal
Title: Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: May 08, 2006
Bugs: #130888
ID: 200605-09
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Synopsis
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Several vulnerabilities in Mozilla Thunderbird allow attacks ranging
from script execution with elevated privileges to information leaks.
Background
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Mozilla Thunderbird is the next-generation mail client from the Mozilla
project.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 mozilla-thunderbird < 1.0.8 >= 1.0.8
2 mozilla-thunderbird-bin < 1.0.8 >= 1.0.8
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2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.
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Description
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Several vulnerabilities were found and fixed in Mozilla Thunderbird.
Impact
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A remote attacker could craft malicious emails that would leverage
these issues to inject and execute arbitrary script code with elevated
privileges, steal local files or other information from emails, and
spoof content. Some of these vulnerabilities might even be exploited to
execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user running Thunderbird.
Workaround
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There are no known workarounds for all the issues at this time.
Resolution
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All Mozilla Thunderbird users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
">=mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-1.0.8"
All Mozilla Thunderbird binary users should upgrade to the latest
version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
">=mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-bin-1.0.8"
Note: There is no stable fixed version for the ALPHA architecture yet.
Users of Mozilla Thunderbird on ALPHA should consider unmerging it
until such a version is available.
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2006-0292
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0292
[ 2 ] CVE-2006-0296
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0296
[ 3 ] CVE-2006-0748
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0748
[ 4 ] CVE-2006-0749
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0749
[ 5 ] CVE-2006-0884
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0884
[ 6 ] CVE-2006-1045
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1045
[ 7 ] CVE-2006-1727
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1727
[ 8 ] CVE-2006-1728
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1728
[ 9 ] CVE-2006-1730
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1730
[ 10 ] CVE-2006-1731
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1731
[ 11 ] CVE-2006-1732
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1732
[ 12 ] CVE-2006-1733
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1733
[ 13 ] CVE-2006-1734
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1734
[ 14 ] CVE-2006-1735
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1735
[ 15 ] CVE-2006-1737
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1737
[ 16 ] CVE-2006-1738
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1738
[ 17 ] CVE-2006-1739
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1739
[ 18 ] CVE-2006-1741
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1741
[ 19 ] CVE-2006-1742
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1742
[ 20 ] CVE-2006-1790
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1790
[ 21 ] Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#Thunderbird
Availability
============
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200605-09.xml
Concerns?
=========
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
=======
Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5