GNU Mailutils Mail Email Header Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Solution:
The vendor has released an update to address this and other issues:
Gentoo has released advisory GLSA 200505-20 to address this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information. Gentoo users may carry out the following commands to update their computers:
emerge --sync
emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-mail/mailutils-0.6-r1"
Debian Linux has released advisory DSA 732-1 addressing this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for details on obtaining and applying the appropriate updates.
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