| Description: | Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'icedove' package(s) announced via the DSA-1621-1 advisory.
Vulnerability Insight:
Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Icedove mail client, an unbranded version of the Thunderbird client. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
CVE-2008-0304
It was discovered that a buffer overflow in MIME decoding can lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
CVE-2008-2785
It was discovered that missing boundary checks on a reference counter for CSS objects can lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
CVE-2008-2798
Devon Hubbard, Jesse Ruderman and Martijn Wargers discovered crashes in the layout engine, which might allow the execution of arbitrary code.
CVE-2008-2799
Igor Bukanov, Jesse Ruderman and Gary Kwong discovered crashes in the Javascript engine, which might allow the execution of arbitrary code.
CVE-2008-2802
'moz_bug_r_a4' discovered that XUL documents can escalate privileges by accessing the pre-compiled 'fastload' file.
CVE-2008-2803
'moz_bug_r_a4' discovered that missing input sanitising in the mozIJSSubScriptLoader.loadSubScript() function could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. Iceweasel itself is not affected, but some addons are.
CVE-2008-2807
Daniel Glazman discovered that a programming error in the code for parsing .properties files could lead to memory content being exposed to addons, which could lead to information disclosure.
CVE-2008-2809
John G. Myers, Frank Benkstein and Nils Toedtmann discovered that alternate names on self-signed certificates were handled insufficiently, which could lead to spoofings secure connections.
CVE-2008-2811
Greg McManus discovered discovered a crash in the block reflow code, which might allow the execution of arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1. Packages for s390 are not yet available and will be provided later.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 2.0.0.16-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your icedove package.
Affected Software/OS:
'icedove' package(s) on Debian 4.
Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).
CVSS Score:
10.0
CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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