Slackware alert: metamail security update

Posted by dave on Feb 18, 2004 4:59 AM EDT
Mailing list
Mail this story
Print this story

New metamail packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current. These fix two format string bugs and two buffer overflows which could lead to unauthorized code execution.



-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1

[slackware-security] metamail security update (SSA:2004-049-02)

Metamail is a set of utilities for processing MIME mail.

New metamail packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current. These fix two format string bugs and two buffer overflows which could lead to unauthorized code execution.

Thanks to Ulf Härnhammar for discovering these problems and providing a patch.

More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0104 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0105

Here are the details from the Slackware 9.1 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ Wed Feb 18 03:44:42 PST 2004 patches/packages/metamail-2.7-i486-2.tgz: Patched two format string bugs and two buffer overflows in metamail which could lead to unauthorized code execution. Thanks to Ulf Härnhammar for discovering these problems and providing a patch. (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+

WHERE TO FIND THE NEW PACKAGE: +-----------------------------+

Updated package for Slackware 8.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patches/packages/metamail-2.7-i386-2.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 9.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.0/patches/packages/metamail-2.7-i386-2.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 9.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patches/packages/metamail-2.7-i486-2.tgz

Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/metamail-2.7-i486-2.tgz

MD5 SIGNATURES: +-------------+

Slackware 8.1 package: 2472a9ac8eefc7d919c0dff517651be6 metamail-2.7-i386-2.tgz

Slackware 9.0 package: 4f283c4ad8429fd0e9ed92f3e95e93c7 metamail-2.7-i386-2.tgz

Slackware 9.1 package: d9947ffb77c68930ed4826dfab4af91b metamail-2.7-i486-2.tgz

Slackware -current package: d9947ffb77c68930ed4826dfab4af91b metamail-2.7-i486-2.tgz

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: +------------------------+

Upgrade the metamail package with upgradepkg:

# upgradepkg metamail-2.7-i486-2.tgz

+-----+

Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key [e-mail:security@slackware.com]

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | HOW TO REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THIS MAILING LIST: | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Send an email to [e-mail:majordomo@slackware.com] with this text in the body of | | the email message: | | | | unsubscribe slackware-security | | | | You will get a confirmation message back. Follow the instructions to | | complete the unsubscription. Do not reply to this message to | | unsubscribe! | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQFAM1qGakRjwEAQIjMRAuVOAKCI9kSqYBMEHtEW6xu6lUPcOPTRKgCfRoZt sks+bl+KqOmhTdbnfMfMepE= =yisA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----



  Nav
» Read more about: Story Type: Security; Groups: Slackware

« Return to the newswire homepage

This topic does not have any threads posted yet!

You cannot post until you login.