Secunia Security Advisory - Red Hat has issued an update for thunderbird. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information, bypass certain security restrictions, or potentially to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Red Hat update for thunderbird
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28754
VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/28754/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Exposure of sensitive information, DoS, System
access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4
https://secunia.com/product/4669/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
https://secunia.com/product/4668/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4
https://secunia.com/product/4670/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
https://secunia.com/product/13653/
SOFTWARE:
RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)
https://secunia.com/product/14830/
DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for thunderbird. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to
disclose sensitive information, bypass certain security restrictions,
or potentially to compromise a user's system.
For more information:
SA28808
SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
https://rhn.redhat.com
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0105.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA28808:
https://secunia.com/advisories/28808/
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