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Gentoo update for courier
Secunia Advisory: SA21350
Release Date: 2006-08-04
Popularity: 5,294 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-2659


Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for courier. This fixes a vulnerability, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

For more information:
SA20519

Solution:
Update to "mail-mta/courier-0.53.2" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-06.xml

Other References:
SA20519:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20519/


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