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Debian: DSA-4041-1 Critical: Procmail Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey November 19, 2017
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Severe integer underflow flaw found in Fedora's PKG utility necessitates immediate patch release.
Jakub Wilk reported a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in procmail's formail utility when processing specially-crafted email headers
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Summary

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed
in version 3.22-24+deb8u1.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.22-25+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your procmail packages.

For the detailed security status of procmail please refer to its
security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/procmail

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-2017-16844

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