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Red Hat Enterprise: RHSA-2005:303-01 Important: sylpheed Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey March 18, 2005
Dist Redhat Esm H88
The advisory from Red Hat highlights a serious security vulnerability relating to buffer overflow in sylpheed, urging users to apply necessary updates promptly.
An updated sylpheed package that fixes a buffer overflow issue is now available. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response ...

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat Update Agent, use the following command:

up2date

For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the following Web page for the System Administration or Customization guide specific to your system:

https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/10/

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

150687 - CAN-2005-0667 sylpheed buffer overflow

6. RPMs required:

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

SRPMS: 8b6c86548aa1e9c54f0d017c00e145cb sylpheed-0.5.0-3.EL21.1.src.rpm

i386: 4cc680f7f44dc289cfe8350cc5d2a5f8 sylpheed-0.5.0-3.EL21.1.i386.rpm

ia64: 7b067a34374921415a498662db9c98ee sylpheed-0.5.0-3.EL21.1.ia64.rpm

Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1:

SRPMS: 8b6c86548aa1e9c54f0d017c00e145cb sylpheed-0.5.0-3.EL21.1.src.rpm

ia64: 7b067a34374921415a498662db9c98ee sylpheed-0.5.0-3.EL21.1.ia64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1:

SRPMS: 8b6c86548aa1e9c54f0d017c00e145cb sylpheed-0.5.0-3.EL21.1.src.rpm

i386: 4cc680f7f44dc289cfe8350cc5d2a5f8 sylpheed-0.5.0-3.EL21.1.i386.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1:

SRPMS: 8b6c86548aa1e9c54f0d017c00e145cb sylpheed-0.5.0-3.EL21.1.src.rpm

i386: 4cc680f7f44dc289cfe8350cc5d2a5f8 sylpheed-0.5.0-3.EL21.1.i386.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 buffer overflow software update security patch Red Hat Enterprise sylpheed

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-CAN-2005-0667

Package List


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2005:303-01
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:303.html
Issue date: 2005-03-18
Updated on: 2005-03-18
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Keywords: buffer overflow

Topic

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow software update security patch Red Hat Enterprise sylpheed

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 - ia64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 - i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 - i386

Bugs Fixed

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