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metamail: buffer overflow

Package(s):metamail CVE #(s):CVE-2006-0709
Created:February 21, 2006 Updated:March 17, 2006
Description: 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.
Alerts:
Gentoo 200603-16 2006-03-17
Debian DSA-995-1 2006-03-13
Mandriva MDKSA-2006:047 2006-02-22
Red Hat RHSA-2006:0217-01 2006-02-21
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