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[DSA820] DSA-820-1 courier

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-820-1 courier

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Jakob Balle discovered that with "Conditional Comments" in Internet
Explorer it is possible to hide javascript code in comments that will
be executed when the browser views a malicious email via sqwebmail.
Successful exploitation requires that the user is using Internet
Explorer.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.37.3-2.7.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.47-4sarge3.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.47-9.
We recommend that you upgrade your sqwebmail package.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-820
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

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

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