Synopsis :

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description :

Ulf Härnhammar discovered a number of vulnerabilities in emil, a
filter for converting Internet mail messages. The vulnerabilities fall
into two categories :

- CAN-2004-0152
Buffer overflows in (1) the encode_mime function, (2)
the encode_uuencode function, (3) the decode_uuencode
function. These bugs could allow a carefully crafted
email message to cause the execution of arbitrary code
supplied with the message when it is acted upon by emil.

- CAN-2004-0153

Format string bugs in statements which print various
error messages. The exploit potential of these bugs has
not been established, and is probably
configuration-dependent.

See also :

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-468

Solution :

For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in
version 2.1.0-beta9-11woody1.

We recommend that you update your emil package.

Risk factor :

High / CVSS Base Score : 7.5
(CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
CVSS Temporal Score : 5.5
(CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Public Exploit Available : false