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>> Gentoo Security Update Fixes SquirrelMail G/PGP Plugin Code Execution Issues

Title : Gentoo Security Update Fixes SquirrelMail G/PGP Plugin Code Execution Issues
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-2852
CVE ID : CVE-2005-1924 - CVE-2006-4169
Rated as : High Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-08-13

Technical Description

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Gentoo, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code. These issues are caused by errors in SquirrelMail G/PGP Plugin. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2007-2513

Affected Products

mail-client/squirrelmail versions prior to 1.4.10a-r2

Solution

Upgrade the affected package :
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose " >=mail-client/squirrelmail-1.4.10a-r2"

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2852
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200708-08.xml

ChangeLog

2007-08-13 : Initial release

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