[OpenPKG-SA-2004.005] OpenPKG Security Advisory (mutt)
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OpenPKG Security Advisory The OpenPKG Project
http://www.openpkg.org/security.html http://www.openpkg.org
openpkg-security@xxxxxxxxxxx openpkg@xxxxxxxxxxx
OpenPKG-SA-2004.005 09-Mar-2004
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Package: mutt
Vulnerability: buffer overflow in the index menu code
OpenPKG Specific: no
Affected Releases: Affected Packages: Corrected Packages:
OpenPKG CURRENT <= mutt-1.4.1i-20040207 >= mutt-1.4.2.1i-20040214
OpenPKG 2.0 none N.A.
OpenPKG 1.3 <= mutt-1.4.1i-1.3.1 >= mutt-1.4.1i-1.3.2
Dependent Packages: none
Description:
According to a posting on Bugtraq [0], a buffer overflow exists in the
mail user agent Mutt [1]. It can be triggered by incoming messages and
there are reports about spam that has actually triggered this problem
and crashed Mutt. The bug was reported to Red Hat by Niels Heinen. The
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project assigned the id
CAN-2004-0078 [2] to the problem.
Please check whether you are affected by running "<prefix>/bin/rpm -q
mutt". If you have the "mutt" package installed and its version is
affected (see above), we recommend that you immediately upgrade it
(see Solution). [3][4]
Solution:
Select the updated source RPM appropriate for your OpenPKG release
[5], fetch it from the OpenPKG FTP service [6] or a mirror location,
verify its integrity [7], build a corresponding binary RPM from it [3]
and update your OpenPKG installation by applying the binary RPM [4].
For the affected release OpenPKG 1.3, perform the following operations
to permanently fix the security problem (for other releases adjust
accordingly).
$ ftp ftp.openpkg.org
ftp> bin
ftp> cd release/1.3/UPD
ftp> get mutt-1.4.1i-1.3.2.src.rpm
ftp> bye
$ <prefix>/bin/rpm -v --checksig mutt-1.4.1i-1.3.2.src.rpm
$ <prefix>/bin/rpm --rebuild mutt-1.4.1i-1.3.2.src.rpm
$ su -
# <prefix>/bin/rpm -Fvh <prefix>/RPM/PKG/mutt-1.4.1i-1.3.2.*.rpm
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References:
[0] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=107651677817933
[1] http://www.mutt.org/
[2] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0078
[3] http://www.openpkg.org/tutorial.html#regular-source
[4] http://www.openpkg.org/tutorial.html#regular-binary
[5] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.3/UPD/mutt-1.4.1i-1.3.2.src.rpm
[6] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.3/UPD/
[7] http://www.openpkg.org/security.html#signature
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