Debian Security Advisory
DSA-3576-1 icedove -- security update
- Date Reported:
- 13 May 2016
- Affected Packages:
- icedove
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2016-1979, CVE-2016-2805, CVE-2016-2807.
- More information:
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Multiple security issues have been found in Icedove, Debian's version of the Mozilla Thunderbird mail client: Multiple memory safety errors may lead to the execution of arbitrary code or denial of service.
For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 38.8.0-1~deb8u1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your icedove packages.