Updates/mutt-1.4.2.1-5.fc4

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The package mutt contains text mode mail user agent.

This update fixes the following security vulnerability:

  • Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures issue CVE 2006-3242:
    Stack-based buffer overflow in the browse_get_namespace function in imap/browse.c of Mutt 1.4.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via long namespaces received from the IMAP server.

This update includes a patch that fixes the above-mentioned bug.

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