Fedora Core 10 FEDORA-2009-2882 (thunderbird)

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Summary
The remote host is missing an update to thunderbird announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-2882.
Solution
Apply the appropriate updates. This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use su -c 'yum update thunderbird' at the command line. For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum, available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2009-2882
Insight
Update Information: Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed HTML mail content. An HTML mail message containing malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2009-0040, CVE-2009-0352, CVE-2009-0353, CVE-2009-0772, CVE-2009-0774, CVE-2009-0775) Several flaws were found in the way malformed content was processed. An HTML mail message containing specially-crafted content could potentially trick a Thunderbird user into surrendering sensitive information. (CVE-2009-0355, CVE-2009-0776) Note: JavaScript support is disabled by default in Thunderbird. None of the above issues are exploitable unless JavaScript is enabled. ChangeLog: * Fri Mar 20 2009 Christopher Aillon - 2.0.0.21-1 - Update to 2.0.0.21 * Wed Jan 7 2009 Christopher Aillon - 2.0.0.19-2 - Disable the crash dialog * Mon Jan 5 2009 Christopher Aillon 2.0.0.19-1 - Update to 2.0.0.19
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
High Severity
Classification
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