Package : enigmail Vulnerability : programming error Problem type : local (remote) Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2005-3256 CERT advisory : VU#805121 Debian Bug : 335731
A bug has been discovered in enigmail, GPG support for Mozilla MailNews and Mozilla Thunderbird, that can lead to the encryption of mail with the wrong public key, hence, potential disclosure of confidential data to others.
The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain enigmail packages.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.91-4sarge2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.93-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your enigmail packages.
Upgrade Instructions - --------------------
wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below:
apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge - --------------------------------
