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

[Sergio P. Cesar]

> A security fix you should be aware of if you are doing (or planning on
> doing) attachment scanning.
>
> Other distributions will no doubt be making similar announcements.
>
> I have NOT updated the metamail source packages I host. I hope to do
> so sometime this week.
>
> Sorry for the delay reposting this.

Is there any other way to do attachment scanning without the metamail
package? RH 9 does not have it.

Sergio



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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 04:38:25 -0800 (PST)
> From: Slackware Security Team <security at slackware.com>
> To: slackware-security at slackware.com
> Subject: [slackware-security]  metamail security update (SSA:2004-049-02)
>
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> [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 Hdrnhammar 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 Hdrnhammar 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
>
>
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