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kdepim: execution of arbitrary code

Package(s):kdepim kmail CVE #(s):
Created:February 27, 2009 Updated:March 4, 2009
Description: From the Ubuntu advisory: It was discovered that Kmail did not adequately prevent execution of arbitrary code when a user clicked on a URL to an executable within an HTML mail. If a user clicked on a malicious URL and chose to execute the file, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges. This update changes KMail's behavior to instead launch a helper program to view the file if the user chooses to execute such a link.
Alerts:
Ubuntu USN-725-1 2009-02-26

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