Package: mimedecode
Version: 1.9-4
Severity: normal
Tags: security
Hi,
I don't know if this has a security impact, but I guess it could since
emails are come by their very nature from the network.
mimedecode segfaults on invalid input:
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$ echo -n '(' |mimedecode
Segmentation fault
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Sami
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