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FreeBSD Ports: claws-mail
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
The following package is affected: claws-mail CVE-2007-6208 sylprint.pl in claws mail tools (claws-mail-tools) allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the sylprint.[USER].[PID] temporary file.
Solution
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200801-03.xml http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-03.xml http://secunia.com/advisories/27897 http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/a59afa47-c930-11dc-810c-0016179b2dd5.html