Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for mailutils. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious users to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for mailutils
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA16856
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16856/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/
DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for mailutils. This fixes a
vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious users to
compromise a vulnerable system.
For more information:
SA16783
SOLUTION:
Update to "net-mail/mailutils-0.6-r2" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-10.xml
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA16783:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16783/
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