Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55538
Category:	Slackware Local Security Checks
Title:	Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2005-278-01)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'Thunderbird' package(s) announced via the SSA:2005-278-01 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'Thunderbird' package(s) announced via the SSA:2005-278-01 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: New Thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and -current to fix a security issue: MFSA 2005-59 Command-line handling on Linux allows shell execution More details about this issue may be found on the Mozilla web site: [link moved to references] Here are the details from the Slackware 10.2 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-1.0.7-i686-1.tgz: Upgraded to thunderbird-1.0.7. This fixes a security issue where URLs passed on the command line to the thunderbird shell script were not correctly protected against interpretation by the shell. As a result, a malicious URL could contain embedded shell commands which would then be executed as the user running Thunderbird. For more information, see: [link moved to references] (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Affected Software/OS: 'Thunderbird' package(s) on Slackware 10.2, Slackware current. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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