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[DSA402] DSA-402-1 minimalist

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-402-1 minimalist

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

A security-related problem has been discovered in minimalist, a
mailing list manager, which permits a remote attacker to execute
arbitrary commands.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.2-4.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.4-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your minimalist package.


Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-402
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 9049

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2005 Michel Arboi

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