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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3452-1 (claws-mail - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
DrWhax of the Tails project reported that Claws Mail is missing range checks in some text conversion functions. A remote attacker could exploit this to run arbitrary code under the account of a user that receives a message from them using Claws Mail.
Affected Software
Affected Software
claws-mail on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 3.8.1-2+deb7u1. For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 3.11.1-3+deb8u1. We recommend that you upgrade your claws-mail packages.