Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1621-1 icedove -- several vulnerabilities
- Date Reported:
- 27 Jul 2008
- Affected Packages:
- icedove
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-0304, CVE-2008-2785, CVE-2008-2798, CVE-2008-2799, CVE-2008-2802, CVE-2008-2803, CVE-2008-2807, CVE-2008-2809, CVE-2008-2811.
- More information:
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Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Icedove mail client, an unbranded version of the Thunderbird client. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
- CVE-2008-0304
It was discovered that a buffer overflow in MIME decoding can lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
- 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.
- CVE-2008-2798
Devon Hubbard, Jesse Ruderman and Martijn Wargers discovered crashes in the layout engine, which might allow the execution of arbitrary code.
- CVE-2008-2799
Igor Bukanov, Jesse Ruderman and Gary Kwong discovered crashes in the Javascript engine, which might allow the execution of arbitrary code.
- CVE-2008-2802
"moz_bug_r_a4" discovered that XUL documents can escalate privileges by accessing the pre-compiled "fastload" file.
- 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. Iceweasel itself is not affected, but some addons are.
- 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.
- 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 secure connections.
- CVE-2008-2811
Greg McManus discovered discovered a crash in the block reflow code, which might allow the execution of arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1. Packages for s390 are not yet available and will be provided later.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 2.0.0.16-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your icedove package.
- CVE-2008-0304
- Fixed in:
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Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d.orig.tar.gz
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/mozilla-thunderbird-dev_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/mozilla-thunderbird-typeaheadfind_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/thunderbird-typeaheadfind_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/thunderbird-inspector_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/mozilla-thunderbird-inspector_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/thunderbird-dbg_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/thunderbird-gnome-support_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/mozilla-thunderbird_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/thunderbird-dev_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/thunderbird_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/mozilla-thunderbird-typeaheadfind_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-inspector_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dev_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dbg_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-gnome-support_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-typeaheadfind_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dev_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-typeaheadfind_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dbg_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-gnome-support_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dev_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-inspector_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dbg_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-inspector_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dev_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-gnome-support_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dbg_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-typeaheadfind_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dev_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_arm.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dev_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dbg_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-gnome-support_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-inspector_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-typeaheadfind_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dev_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-gnome-support_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-typeaheadfind_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dev_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dbg_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-inspector_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-typeaheadfind_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-inspector_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dev_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dbg_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-typeaheadfind_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-gnome-support_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_ia64.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dev_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-inspector_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-gnome-support_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-typeaheadfind_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dbg_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dbg_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-inspector_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-typeaheadfind_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-gnome-support_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dev_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-inspector_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-inspector_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dev_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-gnome-support_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dbg_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-typeaheadfind_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_powerpc.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dbg_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-typeaheadfind_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dev_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-gnome-support_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-inspector_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-typeaheadfind_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.