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Debian: DSA-2996-1 Moderate: Icedove Memory Safety Risks Explored

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Calendar Grey August 3, 2014
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Icedove is updated with essential security fixes that resolve memory safety issues and use-after-free vulnerabilities on Debian systems.
Multiple security issues have been found in Icedove, Debian's version of the Mozilla Thunderbird mail and news client: Multiple memory safety errors and use-after-frees may lead to...
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Summary

Multiple security issues have been found in Icedove, Debian's version of
the Mozilla Thunderbird mail and news client: Multiple memory safety
errors and use-after-frees may lead to the execution of arbitrary code
or denial of service.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 24.7.0-1~deb7u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems will be fixed soon.

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: https://www.debian.org/security/



Package: icedove
CVE ID: CVE-2014-1544 CVE-2014-1547 CVE-2014-1555 CVE-2014-1556

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