Summary
The remote host is missing an update as announced
via advisory SSA:2004-049-02.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=SSA:2004-049-02
Insight
Metamail is a set of utilities for processing MIME mail.
New metamail packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current. These fix two format string bugs and two buffer overflows which could lead to unauthorized code execution.
Thanks to Ulf Härnhammar for discovering these problems and providing a patch.
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-2004-0104 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0105
Severity
Classification
-
CVE CVE-2004-0104, CVE-2004-0105 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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