Debian DSA-2499-1 : icedove - several vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 59777

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Icedove, the Debian version of the Mozilla Thunderbird mail/news client. There were miscellaneous memory safety hazards (CVE-2012-1937, CVE-2012-1939 ) and a use-after-free issue (CVE-2012-1940 ).

Solution

Upgrade the icedove packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 3.0.11-1+squeeze11.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1937

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1939

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1940

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/icedove

https://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2499

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 59777

File Name: debian_DSA-2499.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/29/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:icedove, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/24/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1937, CVE-2012-1939, CVE-2012-1940

BID: 53794, 53797, 53800

DSA: 2499