DSA-3028-1 icedove -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-3028-1 icedove -- security update

Date Reported:

17 Sep 2014

Affected Packages:

icedove

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2014-1562, CVE-2014-1567.

More information:

Multiple security issues have been found in Icedove, Debian's version of the Mozilla Thunderbird mail and news client: Multiple memory safety errors and use-after-frees may lead to the execution of arbitrary code or denial of service.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 24.8.0-1~deb7u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your icedove packages.