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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1802-2 (squirrelmail)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

6.8

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

14 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update to squirrelmail announced via advisory DSA 1802-2.

Insight

Insight

Michal Hlavinka discovered that the fix for code execution in the map_yp_alias function, known as CVE-2009-1579 and released in DSA 1802-1, was incomplete. This update corrects the fix for that function. For the old stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.9a-5. For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.15-4+lenny2. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.19-1 We recommend that you upgrade your squirrelmail package.

Solution

Solution

https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201802-2

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