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Red Hat: 2014:1172-01 Critical: Procmail Heap Overflow Risk Alert

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Calendar Grey September 10, 2014
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Newly released procmail updates for Red Hat have been issued to rectify a significant security vulnerability deemed critical in its implications.
Updated procmail packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

The procmail program is used for local mail delivery. In addition to just delivering mail, procmail can be used for automatic filtering, presorting, and other mail handling jobs.
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in procmail's formail utility. A remote attacker could send an email with specially crafted headers that, when processed by formail, could cause procmail to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user running formail. (CVE-2014-3618)
All procmail users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

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Topics Covered

security advisory red hat remote attack important heap overflow procmail mail delivery

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3618 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source: procmail-3.22-17.1.2.src.rpm
i386: procmail-3.22-17.1.2.i386.rpm procmail-debuginfo-3.22-17.1.2.i386.rpm
x86_64: procmail-3.22-17.1.2.x86_64.rpm procmail-debuginfo-3.22-17.1.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source: procmail-3.22-17.1.2.src.rpm
i386: procmail-3.22-17.1.2.i386.rpm procmail-debuginfo-3.22-17.1.2.i386.rpm
ia64: procmail-3.22-17.1.2.ia64.rpm procmail-debuginfo-3.22-17.1.2.ia64.rpm
ppc: procmail-3.22-17.1.2.ppc.rpm procmail-debuginfo-3.22-17.1.2.ppc.rpm
s390x: procmail-3.22-17.1.2.s390x.rpm procmail-debuginfo-3.22-17.1.2.s390x.rpm
x86_64: procmail-3.22-17.1.2.x86_64.rpm procmail-debuginfo-3.22-17.1.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source: procmail-3.22-25.1.el6_5.1.src.rpm
i386: procmail-3.22-25.1.el6_5.1.i686.rpm procmail-debuginfo-3.22-25.1.el6_5.1.i686.rpm
x86_64: procmail-3.22-25.1.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm procmail-debuginfo-3.22-25.1.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):
Source: procmail-3.22-25.1.el6_5.1.src.rpm
x86_64: procmail-3.22-25.1.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm procmail-debuginfo-3.22-25.1.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source: procmail-3.22-25.1.el6_5.1.src.rpm
i386: procmail-3.22-25.1.el6_5.1.i686.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:1172-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1172.html
Issue date: 2014-09-10

Topic

Updated procmail packages that fix one security issue are now available forRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important securityimpact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in theReferences section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory red hat remote attack important heap overflow procmail mail delivery

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1137581 - CVE-2014-3618 procmail: Heap-overflow in procmail's formail utility when processing specially-crafted email headers

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