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[DSA793] DSA-793-1 courier

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-793-1 courier

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Jakob Balle discovered a vulnerability in the handling of attachments
in sqwebmail, a web mail application provided by the courier mail
suite, which can be exploited by a possible hacker to conduct script
insertion attacks.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.37.3-2.6.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.47-4sarge2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.47-8.
We recommend that you upgrade your sqwebmail package.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-793
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 14676

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2007 Michel Arboi

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