Summary
The remote host is missing an update to emacs20
announced via advisory DSA 670-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20670-1
Insight
Max Vozeler discovered several format string vulnerabilities in the movemail utility of Emacs, the well-known editor. Via connecting to a malicious POP server an attacker can execute arbitrary code under the privileges of group mail.
For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 20.7-13.3.
The unstable distribution (sid) does not contain an Emacs20 package anymore.
We recommend that you upgrade your emacs packages.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2005-0100 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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