<application>alpine
</application> has had several remote vulnerabilities discovered in the past, which allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as users on the local system, by the action of sending a specially-prepared email. While
<emphasis>known
</emphasis> problems have been fixed,
<application>alpine
</application> code is written in an insecure style and the FreeBSD Security Officer believes there are likely to be other undiscovered vulnerabilities. Users install
<application>alpine
</application> at their own risk.