Debian Security Advisory DSA 1574-1 (icedove)

Summary
The remote host is missing an update to icedove announced via advisory DSA 1574-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201574-1
Insight
Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Icedove mail client, an unbranded version of the Thunderbird client. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2008-1233 moz_bug_r_a4 discovered that variants of CVE-2007-3738 and CVE-2007-5338 allow the execution of arbitrary code through XPCNativeWrapper. CVE-2008-1234 moz_bug_r_a4 discovered that insecure handling of event handlers could lead to cross-site scripting. CVE-2008-1235 Boris Zbarsky, Johnny Stenback, and moz_bug_r_a4 discovered that incorrect principal handling can lead to cross-site scripting and the execution of arbitrary code. CVE-2008-1236 Tom Ferris, Seth Spitzer, Martin Wargers, John Daggett and Mats Palmgren discovered crashes in the layout engine, which might allow the execution of arbitrary code. CVE-2008-1237 georgi, tgirmann and Igor Bukanov discovered crashes in the Javascript engine, which might allow the execution of arbitrary code. For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080417a-0etch1. We recommend that you upgrade your icedove packages.