Summary
The remote host is missing an update to icedove
announced via advisory DSA 2437-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%202437-1
Insight
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Icedove, an unbranded version of the Thunderbird mail/news client.
CVE-2012-0455
Soroush Dalili discovered that a cross-site scripting countermeasure related to Javascript URLs could be bypassed.
CVE-2012-0456
Atte Kettunen discovered an out of bounds read in the SVG Filters, resulting in memory disclosure.
CVE-2012-0458
Mariusz Mlynski discovered that privileges could be escalated through a Javascript URL as the home page.
CVE-2012-0461
Bob Clary discovered memory corruption bugs, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version icedove 3.0.11-1+squeeze8.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your icedove packages.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2012-0455, CVE-2012-0456, CVE-2012-0458, CVE-2012-0461 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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