Bug 188855 - CVE-2006-1735 Privilege escalation via XBL.method.eval
Summary: CVE-2006-1735 Privilege escalation via XBL.method.eval
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: thunderbird
Version: 4.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
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Assignee: Christopher Aillon
QA Contact:
URL:
Whiteboard: reported=20060412,source=mozilla,emba...
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2006-04-13 04:00 UTC by Josh Bressers
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:07 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

Fixed In Version: RHSA-2006-0330
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2006-04-25 13:38:15 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:


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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2006:0330 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: thunderbird security update 2006-04-21 04:00:00 UTC

Description Josh Bressers 2006-04-13 04:00:39 UTC
Privilege escalation via XBL.method.eval


Using the eval associated with methods of an XBL binding it was possible to
create  JavaScript  functions  that  would get compiled with the wrong
privileges, allowing the attacker to run code of their choice with the full
permission of the user running the browser. This could be used to install
spyware or viruses.

Note: Thunderbird shares the JavaScript engine with Firefox and could be
vulnerable if JavaScript were to be enabled in mail. This is not the default
setting and we strongly discourage users from running JavaScript in mail.

Workaround

Disable JavaScript until you can upgrade to a fixed version.

References

[1]https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=311025
[2]https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=311403
[3]https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=311455

Comment 3 Josh Bressers 2006-04-21 15:17:13 UTC
Lifting embargo

Comment 4 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-04-21 15:35:28 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0330.html


Comment 5 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-04-25 13:38:16 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0330.html



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