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Debian: DSA-3019-1 Critical: Heap Overflow In Procmail Formail Utility

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Calendar Grey September 4, 2014
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Investigate the heap overflow vulnerability present in procmail's formail tool, which may result in service unavailability or potential data corruption.
Boris 'pi' Piwinger and Tavis Ormandy reported a heap overflow vulnerability in procmail's formail utility when processing specially-crafted email headers
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Summary

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.22-20+deb7u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.22-22.

We recommend that you upgrade your procmail packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: procmail
CVE ID: CVE-2014-3618

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