GLSA-200405-17 : Multiple vulnerabilities in metamail

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200405-17 Multiple vulnerabilities in metamail Ulf Harnhammar found two format string bugs and two buffer overflow bugs in Metamail. Impact : A remote attacker could send a malicious email message and execute arbitrary code with t...

Multiple vulnerabilities in metamail

Background Metamail is a program that decodes MIME encoded mail. It is therefore often automatically called when an email is received or read. Description Ulf Harnhammar found two format string bugs and two buffer overflow bugs in Metamail. Impact A remote attacker could send a malicious email...