Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800502
Category:	Denial of Service
Title:	Mozilla Thunderbird <= 2.0.0.14 DoS Vulnerability - Linux
Summary:	Mozilla Thunderbird is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
Description:	Summary: Mozilla Thunderbird is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: Flaw is due to improper handling of multipart/mixed e-mail messages with many MIME parts and e-mail messages with many Content-type: message/rfc822 headers. Vulnerability Impact: Successful exploitation could result in disruption or unavailability of service. Affected Software/OS: Thunderbird version 2.0.0.14 and prior on Linux. Solution: Upgrade to Thunderbird version 3.0.4 or later CVSS Score: 4.3 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-5430 BugTraq ID: 32869 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32869 Bugtraq: 20081208 DoS attacks on MIME-capable software via complex MIME emails (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499038/100/0/threaded Bugtraq: 20081209 Re: DoS attacks on MIME-capable software via complex MIME emails (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499045/100/0/threaded http://mime.recurity.com/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Main/AttackIntro
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