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USN-427-1: enigmail vulnerability

23 February 2007

enigmail vulnerability

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Details

Mikhail Markin reported that enigmail incorrectly handled memory
allocations for certain large encrypted attachments. This caused
Thunderbird to crash and thus caused the entire message to be
inaccessible.

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 6.10
  • mozilla-thunderbird-enigmail - 2:0.94-0ubuntu5.1
Ubuntu 6.06
  • mozilla-thunderbird-enigmail - 2:0.94-0ubuntu4.3
Ubuntu 5.10
  • mozilla-thunderbird-enigmail - 2:0.94-0ubuntu0.5.10.1

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.

References