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Debian Jessie DSA-3647-1 Critical: Icedove Memory Safety Threats

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Calendar Grey August 11, 2016
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Essential patches for Debian's Icedove address memory vulnerabilities that might permit arbitrary code execution and denial-of-service (DOS) incidents.
Multiple security issues have been found in Icedove, Debian's version of the Mozilla Thunderbird mail client: Multiple memory safety errors may lead to the execution of arbitrary c...
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Summary

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

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:45.2.0-1~deb8u1.

For the testing distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed
in version 1:45.2.0-2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:45.2.0-2.

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-2016-2818

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