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If through a vulnerability assessment, a network security issue is detected for the vulnerability below, applying the appropriate security patches in a timely matter is very important. If you have detected that your system has already been compromised, following CERT's Network Security recovery document will assist with recommended steps for system recovery. Home >> Browse Vulnerability Assessment Database >> Debian Local Security Checks >> [DSA437] DSA-437-1 cgiemail Vulnerability Assessment Details
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[DSA437] DSA-437-1 cgiemail |
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DSA-437-1 cgiemail Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment A vulnerability was discovered in cgiemail, a CGI program used to email the contents of an HTML form, whereby it could be used to send email to arbitrary addresses. This type of vulnerability is commonly exploited to send unsolicited commercial email (spam). For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.6-14woody1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6-20. We recommend that you update your cgiemail package. Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-437 Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: 5013 Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2005 Michel Arboi |
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