Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for uw-imap and c-client. This fixes multiple vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to potentially gain escalated privileges and by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or potentially compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for uw-imap and c-client
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA37487
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/37487/
DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for uw-imap and c-client. This fixes
multiple vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local
users to potentially gain escalated privileges and by malicious
people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or potentially compromise a
vulnerable system.
For more information:
SA32483
SA33275
SOLUTION:
Update to the latest versions of "net-mail/uw-imap-2007e" and
"net-libs/c-client-2007e".
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200911-03.xml
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA32483:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32483/
SA33275:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33275/
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