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kdepim: disable code execution by default in HTML email

Package(s):kdepim CVE #(s):CVE-2012-3413
Created:July 19, 2012 Updated:July 27, 2012
Description:

From the Fedora advisory:

It was reported [1],[2] that kdepim enabled Java, JavaScript, and plugin support by default. This could allow for the execution of Java/JavaScript or the loading of remote images in KMail's rendering of HTML email.

Alerts:
Fedora FEDORA-2012-10410 2012-07-19
Ubuntu USN-1512-1 2012-07-19
Fedora FEDORA-2012-10411 2012-07-26
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