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Mandriva update for metamail
Secunia Advisory: SA19000
Release Date: 2006-02-23
Popularity: 7,304 views

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

OS:Mandrakelinux 10.1

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-0709


Description:
Mandriva 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:
Apply updated packages.

Mandrakelinux 10.1

ba0268bd4a41df13182c7ad54326dba5 10.1/RPMS/metamail-2.7-11.1.101mdk.i586.rpm
37738308d3dff71b6eb473c207acc588 10.1/SRPMS/metamail-2.7-11.1.101mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.1/X86_64

31b1df74ae413c00e037675fb772bc86 x86_64/10.1/RPMS/metamail-2.7-11.1.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
37738308d3dff71b6eb473c207acc588 x86_64/10.1/SRPMS/metamail-2.7-11.1.101mdk.src.rpm

Original Advisory:
http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:047

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


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