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[DSA852] DSA-852-1 up-imapproxy

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-852-1 up-imapproxy

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Steve Kemp discovered two format string vulnerabilities in
up-imapproxy, an IMAP protocol proxy, which may lead remote attackers
to the execution of arbitrary code.
The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by these problems.
For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in
version 1.2.3-1sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in
version 1.2.4-2.
We recommend that you upgrade your imapproxy package.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-852
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

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

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