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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 >> Red Hat Local Security Checks >> RHSA-2005-015: pine Vulnerability Assessment Details
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RHSA-2005-015: pine |
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Check for the version of the pine packages Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment An updated Pine package is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 to fix a denial of service attack. Pine is an email user agent. The c-client IMAP client library, as used in Pine 4.44 contains an integer overflow and integer signedness flaw. A possible hacker could create a malicious IMAP server in such a way that it would cause Pine to crash. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2003-0297 to this issue. Users of Pine are advised to upgrade to these erratum packages which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. Solution : http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-015.html Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005 Tenable Network Security |
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