rhsa-2006_0217
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat
Published
2006-02-21 14:38
Modified
2024-11-22 00:10
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: metamail security update

Notes

Topic
An updated metamail package that fixes a buffer overflow vulnerability for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 is now available. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
Details
Metamail is a system for handling multimedia mail. A buffer overflow bug was found in the way Metamail processes certain mail messages. An attacker could create a carefully-crafted message such that when it is opened by a victim and parsed through Metamail, it runs arbitrary code as the victim. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) assigned the name CVE-2006-0709 to this issue. Users of Metamail should upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch that is not vulnerable to this issue.
Terms of Use
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