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RHSA-2006-0611: thunderbird

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Check for the version of the thunderbird packages

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Updated thunderbird packages that fix several security bugs are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

The Mozilla Foundation has discontinued support for the Mozilla Thunderbird
1.0 branch. This update deprecates the Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 branch in
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 in favor of the supported Mozilla Thunderbird
1.5 branch.

This update also resolves a number of outstanding Thunderbird security issues.

Users of Thunderbird are advised to upgrade to this update, which contains
Thunderbird version 1.5.0.5 that corrects these issues.

Solution : http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0611.html
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

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