=================================== Mozilla Security Advisory MSA05-011 =================================== Title: Mail responds to cookie requests Severity: High Reporter: Michiel van Leeuwen Fixed in: Thunderbird 1.0 Mozilla Suite 1.7.5 Vulnerable: Thunderbird 0.6 - 0.9 Mozilla Suite 1.7 - 1.7.3 Description ----------- Mozilla mail clients from March to December 2004 responded to cookie requests accompanying content loaded over HTTP, ignoring the setting of the preference "network.cookie.disableCookieForMailNews" (disabled cookies are the default in mail). Cookies in mail (especially spam) could be used to track people. Workaround ---------- Set the mail client not to load remote content at all (the default setting in Thunderbird, the "View as Simple text" option in the Mozilla Suite). Upgrade to the fixed version References ---------- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=267263
This issue should affect RHEL2.1
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-323.html