CVE-2006-2778

Summary

CVECVE-2006-2778
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-06-02 18:02:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-18 16:42:00 UTC
DescriptionThe crypto.signText function in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird before 1.5.0.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain optional Certificate Authority name arguments, which causes an invalid array index and triggers a buffer overflow.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA06-153A -- Mozilla Products Contain Multiple Vulnerabilities CERT www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
#102763: Multiple Security Vulnerabilites in Mozilla 1.7 for Solaris 8, 9, and 10 SUNALERT sunsolve.sun.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities GENTOO www.gentoo.org
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Ubuntu update for mozilla-thunderbird - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
MFSA 2006-38: Buffer overflow in crypto.signText() CONFIRM www.mozilla.org
SecurityFocus HP www.securityfocus.com
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com
Debian update for mozilla-thunderbird - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
USN-296-1: firefox vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
HP-UX update for firefox - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
SecurityFocus HP www.securityfocus.com
Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1134-1 mozilla-thunderbird DEBIAN www.debian.org
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Mozilla Firefox Bugs Permit Arbitrary Code Execution, Cross-Site Scripting, and HTTP Response Smuggling SECTRACK securitytracker.com
USN-297-3: Thunderbird vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities GENTOO www.gentoo.org
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1118-1 mozilla DEBIAN www.debian.org
Red Hat update for seamonkey - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
USN-297-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Debian update for mozilla - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Mandriva update for mozilla-firefox - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1120-1 mozilla-firefox DEBIAN www.debian.org
USN-323-1: mozilla vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Mozilla Thunderbird Bugs Permit Arbitrary Code Execution, Cross-Site Scripting, and HTTP Response Smuggling SECTRACK securitytracker.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
Mandriva update for mozilla-thunderbird - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Debian update for mozilla-firefox - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey, Camino, and Thunderbird Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
HP-UX update for thunderbird - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Gentoo update for mozilla-thunderbird - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#421529 CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Ubuntu update for firefox - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Red Hat update for seamonkey - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
USN-296-2: Firefox vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Red Hat update for thunderbird - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Gentoo update for firefox - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Red Hat update for firefox - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Ubuntu update for mozilla - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Red Hat update for seamonkey - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
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