Summary
The remote host is missing an update to mailreader announced via advisory DSA 534-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20534-1
Insight
A directory traversal vulnerability was discovered in mailreader whereby remote attackers could view arbitrary files with the privileges of the nph-mr.cgi process (by default, www-data) via relative paths and a null byte in the configLanguage parameter.
For the current stable distribution (woody), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.29-5woody1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you update your mailreader package.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2002-1581 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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