[SA23598] Gentoo update for mozilla-thunderbird

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TITLE:
Gentoo update for mozilla-thunderbird

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23598

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23598/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting, DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for mozilla-thunderbird. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to
conduct cross-site scripting attacks and potentially compromise a
user's system.

For more information:
SA23420

SOLUTION:
All Mozilla Thunderbird users should update to:
"mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-1.5.0.9" or later

All Mozilla Thunderbird binary users should update to:
"mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-bin-1.5.0.9" or later

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-03.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA23420:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23420/

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