Various flaws were discovered in the layout and JavaScript engines. By tricking a user into opening a malicious email, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the user’s privileges. Please note that JavaScript is disabled by default for emails, and it is not recommended to enable it. (CVE-2007-3734, CVE-2007-3735, CVE-2007-3844)
Jesper Johansson discovered that spaces and double-quotes were not correctly handled when launching external programs. In rare configurations, after tricking a user into opening a malicious email, an attacker could execute helpers with arbitrary arguments with the user’s privileges. (CVE-2007-3670, CVE-2007-3845)
25 August 2007
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Various flaws were discovered in the layout and JavaScript engines. By tricking a user into opening a malicious email, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the user’s privileges. Please note that JavaScript is disabled by default for emails, and it is not recommended to enable it. (CVE-2007-3734, CVE-2007-3735, CVE-2007-3844)
Jesper Johansson discovered that spaces and double-quotes were not correctly handled when launching external programs. In rare configurations, after tricking a user into opening a malicious email, an attacker could execute helpers with arbitrary arguments with the user’s privileges. (CVE-2007-3670, CVE-2007-3845)
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Thunderbird to effect the necessary changes.
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