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  • [SECURITY] [DSA 1621-1] New icedove packages fix several vulnerabilitie

    From Moritz Muehlenhoff@1:229/2 to All on Sun Jul 27 23:50:12 2008
    From: [email protected]

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    - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-1621-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
    July 27, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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    Package : icedove
    Vulnerability : several
    Problem type : remote
    Debian-specific: no
    CVE ID : CVE-2008-0304 CVE-2008-2785 CVE-2008-2798 CVE-2008-2799 CVE-2008-2802 CVE-2008-2803 CVE-2008-2807 CVE-2008-2809 CVE-2008-2811

    Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Icedove
    mail client, an unbranded version of the Thunderbird client. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following
    problems:

    CVE-2008-0304

    It was discovered that a buffer overflow in MIME decoding can lead
    to the execution of arbitrary code.

    CVE-2008-2785

    It was discovered that missing boundary checks on a reference
    counter for CSS objects can lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

    CVE-2008-2798

    Devon Hubbard, Jesse Ruderman and Martijn Wargers discovered
    crashes in the layout engine, which might allow the execution of
    arbitrary code.

    CVE-2008-2799

    Igor Bukanov, Jesse Ruderman and Gary Kwong discovered crashes in
    the Javascript engine, which might allow the execution of arbitrary code.

    CVE-2008-2802

    "moz_bug_r_a4" discovered that XUL documements can escalate
    privileges by accessing the pre-compiled "fastload" file.

    CVE-2008-2803

    "moz_bug_r_a4" discovered that missing input sanitising in the
    mozIJSSubScriptLoader.loadSubScript() function could lead to the
    execution of arbitrary code. Iceweasel itself is not affected, but
    some addons are.

    CVE-2008-2807

    Daniel Glazman discovered that a programming error in the code for
    parsing .properties files could lead to memory content being
    exposed to addons, which could lead to information disclosure.

    CVE-2008-2809

    John G. Myers, Frank Benkstein and Nils Toedtmann discovered that
    alternate names on self-signed certificates were handled
    insufficiently, which could lead to spoofings secure connections.

    CVE-2008-2811

    Greg McManus discovered discovered a crash in the block reflow
    code, which might allow the execution of arbitrary code.

    For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in
    version 1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1. Packages for
    s390 are not yet available and will be provided later.

    For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
    version 2.0.0.16-1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your icedove package.

    Upgrade instructions
    - --------------------

    wget url
    will fetch the file for you
    dpkg -i file.deb
    will install the referenced file.

    If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
    sources.list as given below:

    apt-get update
    will update the internal database
    apt-get upgrade
    will install corrected packages

    You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
    footer to the proper configuration.


    Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch
    - -------------------------------

    Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc and sparc.

    Source archives:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1.dsc
    Size/MD5 checksum: 1982 f3c2c78e178cc5d918727b6a9f4ca9fb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d.orig.tar.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 34581452 4fb6289f43f89b04e5eda6844ae6c988
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/icedove_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1.diff.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 640682 66921d4b0aee62189770d0b1d9a27be3

    Architecture independent packages:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/mozilla-thunderbird-dev_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 29552 463f08cd0992af2e5f5226983533ad1c
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/mozilla-thunderbird-typeaheadfind_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 29562 d19102f43c4938d796969c34952c0259
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/thunderbird-typeaheadfind_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 29560 75f70ee24e4fc0a2573151f80545f523
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/thunderbird-inspector_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 29546 afb54879e2c649e70328fe8096593197
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/mozilla-thunderbird-inspector_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 29560 004cb74dea9c951be193df990c49f4be
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/thunderbird-dbg_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 29532 27605ca5220ba1fcc72392e6f1dc2387
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/thunderbird-gnome-support_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 29556 8b55d0217a91ea8a4687f904ca799fa9
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/mozilla-thunderbird_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 29540 14fdb36a83b334276d25b72052d57508
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/thunderbird-dev_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 29538 34727cf9881337c6008ef858a694435c
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icedove/thunderbird_1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 29518 943247aaa34c1ee99d978da3dd808a87

    alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)


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