CVE-2006-5877 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The enigmail extension before 0.94.2 does not properly handle large, encrypted file e-mail attachments, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), as demonstrated with Mozilla Thunderbird.

Published: 2007-02-23

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:::powerpc:::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:::powerpc:::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:::powerpc:::::*

cpe:2.3:a:enigmail:enigmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-5861	The enigmail extension before 0.94.2 does not properly handle large, encrypted file e-mail attachments, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), as demonstrated with Mozilla Thunderbird.
Ubuntu USN	USN-427-1	enigmail vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00834.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugzilla.mozdev.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9730
http://enigmail.mozdev.org/changelog.html#enig0.94.2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22684
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-427-1

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Enigmail Enigmail

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-02-23T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:04:55.595Z

Reserved: 2006-11-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-5877

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-02-23T21:28:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2006-5877

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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