A Denial of Service vulnerability has been found in the function for encoding email addresses. Addresses containing a ‘=’ before the ‘@’ character caused the Courier to hang in an endless loop, rendering the service unusable.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
9 June 2006
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
A Denial of Service vulnerability has been found in the function for encoding email addresses. Addresses containing a ‘=’ before the ‘@’ character caused the Courier to hang in an endless loop, rendering the service unusable.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.
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