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[DSA902] DSA-902-1 xmail

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-902-1 xmail

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

A buffer overflow has been discovered in the sendmail program of
xmail, an advanced, fast and reliable ESMTP/POP3 mail server that
could lead to the execution of arbitrary code with group mail
rights.
The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain xmail packages.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.21-3sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.22-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your xmail package.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-902
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

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

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