Summary
Multiple security issues have been found in Icedove, Debian's version of the Mozilla Thunderbird mail and news client: multiple memory safety errors and buffer overflows may lead to the execution of arbitrary code or denial of service.
Solution
For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 24.6.0-1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your icedove packages.
Insight
Icedove is an unbranded Thunderbird mail client suitable for free distribution. It supports different mail accounts (POP, IMAP, Gmail), has an integrated learning Spam filter, and offers easy organization of mails with tagging and virtual folders. Also, more features can be added by installing extensions.
Affected
icedove on Debian Linux
Detection
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2014-1533, CVE-2014-1538, CVE-2014-1541, CVE-2014-1545 -
CVSS Base Score: 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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