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Fedora Core 5 2006-717: thunderbird

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Check for the version of the thunderbird package

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory FEDORA-2006-717 (thunderbird).

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

Update Information:

Several security issues have been identified that are fixed
in this release. Please refer to
[8]http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#thunderb
ird1.5.0.4
for details.

Users of Thunderbird are advised to update to this package,
which contains version 1.5.0.4 of Thunderbird and is not
vulnerable to these issues.

Solution : Get the newest Fedora Updates
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2007 Tenable Network Security

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