Secunia Security Advisory - Fedora has issued an update for thunderbird. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions, conduct cross-site scripting attacks, or potentially compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Fedora update for thunderbird
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30192
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30192/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Cross Site Scripting, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 7
http://secunia.com/product/15552/
Fedora 8
http://secunia.com/product/16769/
DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for thunderbird. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass
certain security restrictions, conduct cross-site scripting attacks,
or potentially compromise a user's system.
For more information:
SA29548
SA29787
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update
thunderbird").
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00058.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00074.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA29548:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29548/
SA29787:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29787/
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