Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 / 7.04 : enigmail regression (USN-469-2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 28070

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

USN-469-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Mozilla Thunderbird email client. The updated Thunderbird version broken compatibility with the Enigmail plugin. This update corrects the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected mozilla-thunderbird-enigmail package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/469-2/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 28070

File Name: ubuntu_USN-469-2.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/10/2007

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozilla-thunderbird-enigmail, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Patch Publication Date: 8/28/2007

Reference Information

USN: 469-2