Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1696-1 icedove -- several vulnerabilities

Date Reported:
07 Jan 2009
Affected Packages:
icedove
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-0016, CVE-2008-1380, CVE-2008-3835, CVE-2008-4058, CVE-2008-4059, CVE-2008-4060, CVE-2008-4061, CVE-2008-4062, CVE-2008-4065, CVE-2008-4067, CVE-2008-4068, CVE-2008-4070, CVE-2008-4582, CVE-2008-5012, CVE-2008-5014, CVE-2008-5017, CVE-2008-5018, CVE-2008-5021, CVE-2008-5022, CVE-2008-5024, CVE-2008-5500, CVE-2008-5503, CVE-2008-5506, CVE-2008-5507, CVE-2008-5508, CVE-2008-5511, CVE-2008-5512.
More information:

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)

For the stable distribution (etch) these problems have been fixed in version 1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1. Packages for s390 will be provided later.

For the upcoming stable distribution (lenny) these problems will be fixed soon.

For the unstable (sid) distribution these problems have been fixed in version 2.0.0.19-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your icedove packages.

Fixed in:

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+prepatch080614i-0etch1.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1.dsc
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/mozilla-thunderbird-typeaheadfind_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/mozilla-thunderbird-dev_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/thunderbird-gnome-support_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/mozilla-thunderbird_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/mozilla-thunderbird-inspector_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/thunderbird-typeaheadfind_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/thunderbird_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/thunderbird-dbg_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/thunderbird-dev_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/thunderbird-inspector_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_all.deb
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dev_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-inspector_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-gnome-support_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-typeaheadfind_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dbg_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-typeaheadfind_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-inspector_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dev_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-gnome-support_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dbg_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dev_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-typeaheadfind_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dbg_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-gnome-support_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-inspector_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_arm.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dbg_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dev_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-inspector_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-gnome-support_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-typeaheadfind_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-inspector_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-gnome-support_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-typeaheadfind_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dev_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dbg_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dbg_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-inspector_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-gnome-support_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-typeaheadfind_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dev_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dbg_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-inspector_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-gnome-support_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dev_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-typeaheadfind_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-typeaheadfind_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dbg_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-gnome-support_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dev_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-inspector_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-inspector_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-typeaheadfind_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dbg_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-gnome-support_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dev_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_powerpc.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dev_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-typeaheadfind_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-gnome-support_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-dbg_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove-inspector_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.