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Slackware 10.2 / current : Thunderbird email client (SSA:2005-278-01)

high Nessus Plugin ID 19951

Synopsis

The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.

Description

New Thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and
-current to fix a security issue: MFSA 2005-59 Command-line handling on Linux allows shell execution

Solution

Update the affected mozilla-thunderbird package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?92848d5a

http://www.nessus.org/u?d2920621

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 19951

File Name: Slackware_SSA_2005-278-01.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 10/11/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:mozilla-thunderbird, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:10.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Slackware/release, Host/Slackware/packages

Patch Publication Date: 10/5/2005

Reference Information

SSA: 2005-278-01