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    "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/balsa@2.6.1-1",
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            "summary": "In GNOME Balsa before 2.6.0, a malicious server operator or man in the middle can trigger a NULL pointer dereference and client crash by sending a PREAUTH response to imap_mbox_connect in libbalsa/imap/imap-handle.c.",
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