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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2008-4070

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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2008-4070

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/27/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/17/2015
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Thunderbird before 2.0.0.17 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long header in a news article, related to "canceling [a] newsgroup message" and "cancelled newsgroup messages."

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-mozillathunderbird
  • suse-upgrade-mozillathunderbird-devel
  • suse-upgrade-mozillathunderbird-translations

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