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Mozilla Thunderbird < 1.0.7

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Acertains the version of Thunderbird

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

The remote version of Mozilla Thunderbird suffers from several flaws.

Description :

The remote host is using Mozilla Thunderbird, an email client.

The remote version of this software contains various security issues
which may permit a possible hacker to execute arbitrary code on the remote
host and to disguise URLs.

See also :

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/407704
http://security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x17-advisory.txt
http://www.mozilla.org/security/idn.html

Solution :

Upgrade to Thunderbird 1.0.7 when it becomes available or disable IDN
support in the browser following the instructions in the vendor's
advisory.

Network Security Threat Level:

Medium / CVSS Base Score : 6
(AV:R/AC:H/Au:NR/C:P/A:P/I:P/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 14784

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