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Debian: DSA-2499-1 Moderate: Icedove Remote Security Issues

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Calendar Grey June 24, 2012
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An advisory details vulnerabilities in the Icedove email client that could compromise Debian systems. Users are urged to upgrade their installations swiftly for security.
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in icedove, the Debian version of the Mozilla Thunderbird mail/news client

Summary

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 issues (CVE-2012-1940).

For the stable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed
in version 3.0.11-1+squeeze11.

We recommend that you upgrade your icedove packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/



Package: icedove
CVE ID: CVE-2012-1937 CVE-2012-1939 CVE-2012-1940

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