Subject: [yellowdog-updates] Yellow Dog Linux Security Update: YDU-20020127-4
dburcaw@newhope.terraplex.com
Date: Sun Jan 27 2002 - 18:20:38 MST
Yellow Dog Linux Security Announcement
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Package: mutt
Issue Date: January 27, 2002
Priority: high
Advisory ID: YDU-20020127-4
1. Topic:
New mutt packages that fix an overflow in mutt's address parsing code are
available. It is recommended that all mutt users update to the fixed
packages.
2. Problem:
An overflow exists in mutt's RFC822 address parser. A remote attacker
could send a carefully crafted email message which when read by mutt would
be able to overwrite arbitrary bytes in memory. The updated mutt-1.2.5.1
release fixes the problem. Thanks go to Joost Pol for discovering the
bug and the Mutt team for the fixed release.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has
assigned the name CAN-2002-0001 to this issue
(from Red Hat advisory)
3. Solution:
a) Updating via yup...
We suggest that you use the Yellow Dog Update Program (yup)
to keep your system up-to-date. The following command(s) will
automatically retrieve and install the fixed version of
this update onto your system:
yup update mutt
b) Updating manually...
The update can also be retrieved manually from our ftp site
below along with the rpm command that should be used to install
the update. (Please use a mirror site)
ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/updates/yellowdog-2.1/ppc/
rpm -Fvh mutt-1.2.5.1-1.ppc.rpm
4. Verification
MD5 checksum Package
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9dd44f87e896ec7dc390db1b513925dd ppc/mutt-1.2.5.1-1.ppc.rpm
66628893a3c05dea46c7ced629b68871 SRPMS/mutt-1.2.5.1-1.src.rpm
If you wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with,
examine the md5sum with the following command: rpm --checksig --nogpg filename
5. Misc.
Terra Soft has setup a moderated mailing list where these security, bugfix, and package
enhancement announcements will be posted. See http://lists.yellowdoglinux.com/ for more
information.
For information regarding the usage of yup, the Yellow Dog Update Program, see
http://http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/solutions/ydl_general/yup.shtml
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