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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2499-1 (icedove)
Information
Severity
Severity
Critical
Family
Family
Debian Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
9.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
11 years ago
Modified
Modified
2 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to icedove announced via advisory DSA 2499-1.
Insight
Insight
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in icedove, the Debian version of the Mozilla Thunderbird mail/news client. There were miscellaneous memory safety hazards (CVE-2012-1937, CVE-2012-1939) and a use-after-free issue (CVE-2012-1940). For the stable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 3.0.11-1+squeeze11.
Solution
Solution
We recommend that you upgrade your icedove packages.