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enigmail: memory allocation errors

Package(s):

enigmail

CVE #(s):

CVE-2006-5877

Created:

February 23, 2007

Updated:

February 28, 2007

Description:

Mikhail Markin reported that enigmail incorrectly handled memory allocations for certain large encrypted attachments. This caused Thunderbird to crash and thus caused the entire message to be inaccessible.

Alerts:

Ubuntu

USN-427-1

2007-02-23

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