CVE-2006-0836 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service in Mozilla Thunderbird by tricking users into importing a malicious LDIF file with long fields.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-0836?
CVE-2006-0836 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mozilla Thunderbird, published on 22 Feb 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5 allows user-assisted attackers to cause an unspecified denial of service by tricking the user into importing an LDIF file with a long field into the address book, as demonstrated by a long homePhone field.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0836?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mozilla Thunderbird.
How do I fix CVE-2006-0836?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-0836 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2006-0836 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-0836 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Thunderbird
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p8m4-vgqh-7ppm.