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Mageia Linux Local Check: mgasa-2016-0115
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Mageia Linux Local Security Checks mgasa-2016-0115
Insight
Insight
Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird (CVE-2016-1952, CVE-2016-1954, CVE-2016-1957, CVE-2016-1960, CVE-2016-1961, CVE-2016-1974, CVE-2016-1964, CVE-2016-1966). Multiple security flaws were found in the graphite2 font library shipped with Thunderbird. A web page containing malicious content could cause it to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird (CVE-2016-1977, CVE-2016-2790, CVE-2016-2791, CVE-2016-2792, CVE-2016-2793, CVE-2016-2794, CVE-2016-2795, CVE-2016-2796, CVE-2016-2797, CVE-2016-2798, CVE-2016-2799, CVE-2016-2800, CVE-2016-2801, CVE-2016-2802).
Solution
Solution
Update the affected packages to the latest available version.
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)
- CVE-2016-1952
- CVE-2016-1954
- CVE-2016-1957
- CVE-2016-1960
- CVE-2016-1961
- CVE-2016-1964
- CVE-2016-1966
- CVE-2016-1974
- CVE-2016-1977
- CVE-2016-2790
- CVE-2016-2791
- CVE-2016-2792
- CVE-2016-2793
- CVE-2016-2794
- CVE-2016-2795
- CVE-2016-2796
- CVE-2016-2797
- CVE-2016-2798
- CVE-2016-2799
- CVE-2016-2800
- CVE-2016-2801
- CVE-2016-2802