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Red Hat 2.1: RHSA-2005:755-01 Critical Elm Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey August 23, 2005
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important Red Hat Notification regarding elm software patch tackling buffer overflow threats with essential resolution for clients.
An updated elm package is now available that fixes a buffer overflow issue for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS and AW

Solution

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

This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.

5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

166580 - CAN-2005-2665 elm buffer overflow


6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1:

SRPMS: 479f0512285ad516895777c2e995a9a7 elm-2.5.6-6.src.rpm

i386: 71cba99974d435407927cffd9901eaf9 elm-2.5.6-6.i386.rpm

ia64: 6272e2c92c5eb207992b60d79c096565 elm-2.5.6-6.ia64.rpm

Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1:

SRPMS: 479f0512285ad516895777c2e995a9a7 elm-2.5.6-6.src.rpm

ia64: 6272e2c92c5eb207992b60d79c096565 elm-2.5.6-6.ia64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key#package

Summary

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat buffer overflow critical software patch email client

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CAN-2005-2665

Package List


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2005:755-01
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:755.html
Issue date: 2005-08-23
Updated on: 2005-08-23
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Topic

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat buffer overflow critical software patch email client

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 - i386, ia64

Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 - ia64

Bugs Fixed

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