Thunderbird DoS attacks via malformed MIME emails (Linux)

Summary
The host is running Mozilla Thunderbird which is prone to denial of service vulnerability. Vulnerability: Flaw is due to improper handling of multipart/mixed e-mail messages with many MIME parts and e-mail messages with many Content-type: message/rfc822 headers.
Impact
Successful exploitation could result in disruption or unavailability of service. Impact Level: Application.
Solution
Upgrade to Thunderbird version 3.0.4 or later For updates refer to http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/products/thunderbird/
Affected
Thunderbird version 2.0.0.14 and prior on Linux.
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