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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2006-0709: Metamail: Buffer overflow

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2006-0709: Metamail: Buffer overflow

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/15/2006
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Buffer overflow in Metamail 2.7-50 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via e-mail messages with a long boundary attribute, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0105.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-mail-metamail

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