Bug 1580237 – CVE-2018-5161 Mozilla: Hang via malformed headers

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Bug 1580237 - (CVE-2018-5161) CVE-2018-5161 Mozilla: Hang via malformed headers

Summary:	CVE-2018-5161 Mozilla: Hang via malformed headers

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2018-5161

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Depends On:	1578628 1578629 1578630 1578631 1580249
Blocks:	1578626
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Reported:	2018-05-21 01:02 EDT by Sam Fowler
Modified:	2018-10-31 18:58 EDT (History)
CC List:	12 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	thunderbird 52.8
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2018:1725	None	None	None	2018-05-24 15:27 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2018:1726	None	None	None	2018-05-24 15:56 EDT

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Description Sam Fowler 2018-05-21 01:02:58 EDT

Crafted message headers can cause a Thunderbird process to hang on receiving the message.


External Reference:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/#CVE-2018-5161

Comment 1 errata-xmlrpc 2018-05-24 15:26:58 EDT

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2018:1725 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2018-05-24 15:56:35 EDT

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2018:1726 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726

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