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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200303-19 |
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PACKAGE : mutt |
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SUMMARY : buffer overflow |
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DATE : 2003-03-22 18:19 UTC |
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EXPLOIT : local |
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VERSIONS AFFECTED : <1.4.1 |
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FIXED VERSION : >=1.4.1 |
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CVE : CAN-2003-0140 |
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- From advisory: |
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"By controlling a malicious IMAP server and providing a specially |
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crafted folder, an attacker can crash the mail reader and possibly |
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force execution of arbitrary commands on the vulnerable system with |
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the privileges of the user running Mutt." |
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Read the full advisory at: |
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http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=310&idxseccion=10 |
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SOLUTION |
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It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running |
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net-mail/mutt upgrade to mutt-1.4.1 as follows: |
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emerge sync |
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emerge mutt |
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emerge clean |
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aliz@g.o - GnuPG key is available at http://cvs.gentoo.org/~aliz |
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