Summary
The remote host is missing an update to mutt
announced via advisory DSA 1108-1.
It was discovered that the mutt mail reader performs insufficient validation of values returned from an IMAP server, which might overflow a buffer and potentially lead to the injection of arbitrary code.
Solution
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.5.9-2sarge2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.5.11+cvs20060403-2.
We recommend that you upgrade your mutt package.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201108-1
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2006-3242 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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