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[DSA906] DSA-906-1 sylpheed

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-906-1 sylpheed

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Colin Leroy discovered several buffer overflows in a number of
importer routines in sylpheed, a light-weight e-mail client with GTK+,
that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
The following matrix explains which versions fix this vulnerability
We recommend that you upgrade your sylpheed package.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-906
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2006 Michel Arboi

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