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Family: Debian Local Security Checks --> Category: infos
[DSA386] DSA-386-1 libmailtools-perl Vulnerability Scan
Vulnerability Scan Summary
DSA-386-1 libmailtools-perl
Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Test
The SuSE security team discovered during an audit a bug in
Mail::Mailer, a Perl module used for sending email, whereby
potentially untrusted input is passed to a program such as mailx,
which may interpret certain escape sequences as commands to be
executed.
This bug has been fixed by removing support for programs such as mailx
as a transport for sending mail. Instead, alternative mechanisms are
used.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.44-1woody1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you update your libmailtools-perl package.
Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-386
Threat Level: High
Click HERE for more information and discussions on this network vulnerability scan.
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