Submitted by JamesStrandboge on Thu, 2009-08-20 23:42
Description:
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-817-1 August 20, 2009
thunderbird vulnerabilities
http://launchpad.net/bugs/416646
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A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
Ubuntu 8.10
Ubuntu 9.04
This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of
Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the
following package versions:
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
thunderbird 2.0.0.23+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
Ubuntu 8.10:
thunderbird 2.0.0.23+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
Ubuntu 9.04:
thunderbird 2.0.0.23+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Thunderbird to effect
the necessary changes.
Details follow:
Several flaws were discovered in the rendering engine of Thunderbird. If
Javascript were enabled, an attacker could exploit these flaws to crash
Thunderbird.
