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Gentoo update for metamail
Secunia Advisory: SA19304
Release Date: 2006-03-20
Popularity: 4,928 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-0709


Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for metamail. This fixes a vulnerability, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA18796

Solution:
Update to "net-mail/metamail-2.7.45.3-r1" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-16.xml

Other References:
SA18796:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18796/


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