Secunia Security Advisory - Some weaknesses and vulnerabilities have been reported in Mozilla Thunderbird, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information, potentially conduct cross-site scripting attacks, bypass certain security restrictions, and compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA40642
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RELEASE DATE:
2010-07-22
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DESCRIPTION:
Some weaknesses and vulnerabilities have been reported in Mozilla
Thunderbird, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose
potentially sensitive information, potentially conduct cross-site
scripting attacks, bypass certain security restrictions, and
compromise a user's system.
For more information:
SA39925
SOLUTION:
Update to Thunderbird 3.0.6 and 3.1.1.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-34.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-38.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-39.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-40.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-41.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-42.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-43.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-44.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-46.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-47.html
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