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From: Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen <jaervosz@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] UPDATE: [ GLSA 200506-17 ] SpamAssassin 3, Vipul's Razor: Denial of Service vulnerability
Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 20:40:34
Message-Id: 200507042208.23776.jaervosz@gentoo.org
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: SpamAssassin 3, Vipul's Razor: Denial of Service
9 vulnerability
10 Date: June 21, 2005
11 Updated: July 04, 2005
12 Bugs: #94722, #95492, #96776
13 ID: 200506-17:02
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17 Update
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20 Sascha Lucas discovered that with certain malformed headers it was still
21 possible to crash Vipul's Razor.
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23 The updated sections appear below.
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25 Affected packages
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29 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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31 1 mail-filter/spamassassin < 3.0.4 >= 3.0.4
32 < 3.0.1
33 2 mail-filter/razor < 2.74 >= 2.74
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35 2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.
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38 Resolution
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41 All SpamAssassin users should upgrade to the latest version:
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43 # emerge --sync
44 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-filter/spamassassin-3.0.4"
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46 All Vipul's Razor users should upgrade to the latest version:
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48 # emerge --sync
49 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-filter/razor-2.74"
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51 Availability
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54 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
55 the Gentoo Security Website:
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57 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-17.xml
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59 Concerns?
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62 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
63 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
64 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
65 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
66 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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68 License
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71 Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
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74 The contents of this document are licensed under the
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