Canonical , and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS operating systems, which has been patched.
Developers fixed the vulnerability, which allowed formail to interrupt operation or run programs, via a specially crafted message.
For a more detailed description of the bugs, you can see Canonical 's announcement . Users will need to upgrade their Linux version to fix this issue.
The error can be fixed by upgrading your system to the latest procmail package specific to each distribution. To apply the update, you can simply run the Update Manager application.
If you don't want to use Software Updater, you can open a terminal and type the following commands (you will need to be root):
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sudo update apt-get
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. A restart of the computer is not required to apply this hotfix.
