| Description: | Description:
The remote host is missing an update to mozilla-thunderbird
announced via advisory USN-469-1.
A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Ubuntu 6.10
Ubuntu 7.04
This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of
Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.
Details follow:
Gaëtan Leurent showed a weakness in APOP authentication. An attacker
posing as a trusted server could recover portions of the user's
password via multiple authentication attempts. (CVE-2007-1558)
Various flaws were discovered in the layout and JavaScript engines. By
tricking a user into opening a malicious email, an attacker could execute
arbitrary code with the user's privileges. Please note that JavaScript
is disabled by default for emails, and it is not recommended to enable
it. (CVE-2007-2867, CVE-2007-2868)
Solution:
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the
following package versions:
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
mozilla-thunderbird 1.5.0.12-0ubuntu0.6.06
Ubuntu 6.10:
mozilla-thunderbird 1.5.0.12-0ubuntu0.6.10
Ubuntu 7.04:
mozilla-thunderbird 1.5.0.12-0ubuntu0.7.04
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Thunderbird to effect
the necessary changes.
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-469-1
Risk factor : Critical
CVSS Score:
9.3
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