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DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Mozilla SeaMonkey, which
can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions, disclose sensitive information, conduct cross-site
scripting attacks, or potentially compromise a user's system.
For more information:
SA33184
The vulnerabilities are reported in versions prior to 1.1.14.
Ramona,
do you know if Seamonkey mail is, in any way, like Thunderbird? In other words, is unpatched Seamonkey mail paralleling the still unpatched Thunderbird (although the browser is ok)?
SeaMonkey and Thunderbird share lots of code, but perhaps not the exact same code. SeaMonkey developers used releases of code derived from the original Mozilla Suite. For instance, what would have been Mozilla 1.8 was SeaMonkey 1.0.
SeaMonkey and Firefox share the same Mozilla Code.
Now whether or not the unpatched Thunderbird mail does, in fact, parallel the Seamonkey Mail is an unknown factor. I have asked, and if answered, will let you know.
Ramona,
do you know if Seamonkey mail is, in any way, like Thunderbird? In other words, is unpatched Seamonkey mail paralleling the still unpatched Thunderbird (although the browser is ok)?
SeaMonkey shares the codebase of Firefox and Thunderbird, more than likely the 1.x-2.0.x versions. Mozilla is notorious for releasing a patch for Thunderbird anywhere from a week or more later than it does for Firefox and SeaMonkey. In other words, Firefox and SeaMonkey typically have patched versions available when Mozilla releases their security advisories. Thunderbird, on the other hand, does not always have a patched version available at the same time Mozilla releases their security advisories. You should be okay as long as you upgrade to the Mozilla recommended release.
