GLSA 200610-01: Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	10/04/2006
Bugs:	#147653
ID:	200610-01

Synopsis

The Mozilla Foundation has reported multiple security vulnerabilities related to Mozilla Thunderbird.

Background

The Mozilla Thunderbird mail client is a redesign of the Mozilla Mail component.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird	< 1.5.0.7	>= 1.5.0.7	All supported architectures
mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-bin	< 1.5.0.7	>= 1.5.0.7	All supported architectures

Description

A number of vulnerabilities have been found and fixed in Mozilla Thunderbird. For details please consult the references below.

Impact

The most severe vulnerabilities might lead to the execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the user running the application. Other vulnerabilities include program crashes and the acceptance of forged certificates.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Mozilla Thunderbird users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-1.5.0.7"

All Mozilla Thunderbird binary users should upgrade to the latest version:


    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-bin-1.5.0.7"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-01.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.