A format string vulnerability has been discovered in Mailutils.
CVE-2005-2878
A format string vulnerability in search.c in the imap4d server in GNU
Mailutils 0.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via
format string specifiers in the SEARCH command.
For the testing distribution (etch) this is fixed in version 1:0.6.90-2.1etch1
For the unstable distribution (sid) this is fixed in version 1:0.6.90-3
This upgrade is recommended if you use mailutils.
If you have the secure testing lines in your sources.list, you can update by running this command as root:
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
To use the Debian testing security archive, add the following lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://secure-testing-mirrors.debian.net/debian-secure-testing etch-proposed-updates/security-updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://secure-testing-mirrors.debian.net/debian-secure-testing etch-proposed-updates/security-updates main contrib non-free
