Slackware Advisory SSA:2005-311-01 elm mailer

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Summary
The remote host is missing an update as announced via advisory SSA:2005-311-01.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=SSA:2005-311-01
Insight
New Elm packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and -current to fix a security issue. A buffer overflow in the parsing of the Expires header could allow arbitrary code to be executed as the user running Elm.
Severity
Medium Severity
Classification
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