Summary
The remote host is missing an update as announced
via advisory SSA:2004-043-01.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=SSA:2004-043-01
Insight
Mutt is a text-based program for reading electronic mail.
New mutt packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current. These have been upgraded to version 1.4.2i to fix a buffer overflow that could lead to a machine compromise.
All sites using mutt should upgrade to the new mutt package.
More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0078
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2004-0078 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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