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Debian 8: DSA-3410-1 Critical: Icedove Memory Errors and DoS

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Multiple security issues have been found in Icedove, Debian's version of the Mozilla Thunderbird mail client: Multiple memory safety errors, integer overflows, buffer overflows and...

Summary

Multiple security issues have been found in Icedove, Debian's version of
the Mozilla Thunderbird mail client: Multiple memory safety errors,
integer overflows, buffer overflows and other implementation errors may
lead to the execution of arbitrary code or denial of service.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed
in version 38.4.0-1~deb7u1.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 38.4.0-1~deb8u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 38.4.0-1.

In addition enigmail has been updated to a release compatible with the
new ESR38 series.

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/



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Package: icedove
CVE ID: CVE-2015-4473 CVE-2015-4487 CVE-2015-4488 CVE-2015-4489

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