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Gentoo: GLSA-200511-14 Moderate: Gnumeric Security Flaw Detected

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The Gentoo security notice details a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Sylpheed email client related to LDIF file imports, with patches available for users
Sylpheed and Sylpheed-Claws contain a buffer overflow vulnerability which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200511-13 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Sylpheed, Sylpheed-Claws: Buffer overflow in LDIF importer Date: November 15, 2005 Bugs: #111853 ID: 200511-13

Synopsis ======= Sylpheed and Sylpheed-Claws contain a buffer overflow vulnerability which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= Sylpheed is a lightweight email client and newsreader. Sylpheed-Claws is a 'bleeding edge' version of Sylpheed. They both support the import of address books in LDIF (Lightweight Directory Interchange Format).
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 mail-client/sylpheed < 2.0.4 >= 2....

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