Several security related problems have been discovered in Mozilla and derived products such as Mozilla Firefox. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2006-6497 Several vulnerabilities in the layout engine allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly permit them to execute arbitrary code. [MFSA 2006-68] CVE-2006-6498 Several vulnerabilities in the JavaScript engine allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly permit them to execute arbitrary code. [MFSA 2006-68] CVE-2006-6499 A bug in the js_dtoa function allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service. [MFSA 2006-68] CVE-2006-6501 "shutdown" discovered a vulnerability that allows remote attackers to gain privileges and install malicious code via the watch JavaScript function. [MFSA 2006-70] CVE-2006-6502 Steven Michaud discovered a programming bug that allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service. [MFSA 2006-71] CVE-2006-6503 "moz_bug_r_a4" reported that the src attribute of an IMG element could be used to inject JavaScript code. [MFSA 2006-72] For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.2-2.sarge1.0.8e.2. For the testing (etch) and unstable (sid) distribution these problems have been fixed in version 1.5.0.9.dfsg1-1 of icedove. We recommend that you upgrade your Mozilla Thunderbird and Icedove packages.
Several security related problems have been discovered in Mozilla and derived products such as Mozilla Firefox. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following vulnerabilities:
Several vulnerabilities in the layout engine allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly permit them to execute arbitrary code. [MFSA 2006-68]
Several vulnerabilities in the JavaScript engine allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly permit them to execute arbitrary code. [MFSA 2006-68]
A bug in the js_dtoa function allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service. [MFSA 2006-68]
"shutdown" discovered a vulnerability that allows remote attackers to gain privileges and install malicious code via the watch JavaScript function. [MFSA 2006-70]
Steven Michaud discovered a programming bug that allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service. [MFSA 2006-71]
"moz_bug_r_a4" reported that the src attribute of an IMG element could be used to inject JavaScript code. [MFSA 2006-72]
For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.2-2.sarge1.0.8e.2.
For the testing (etch) and unstable (sid) distribution these problems have been fixed in version 1.5.0.9.dfsg1-1 of icedove.
We recommend that you upgrade your Mozilla Thunderbird and Icedove packages.
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.
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