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Scientific Linux SL7: SLSA-2017-3269-1 Critical: Procmail Buffer Overflow

Calendar Nov 29, 2017 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in procmail's formail utility. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted email that, when processed by formail, could cause formail to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user running formail. (CVE-2017-16844) SL7 x86_64 procmail-3.22-36.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm procmail-debuginfo-3.22-36.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm - Scientific Lin [More...] 
Synopsis:          Important: procmail security update
Advisory ID:       SLSA-2017:3269-1
Issue Date:        2017-11-29
CVE Numbers:       CVE-2017-16844
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Security Fix(es):

* A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in procmail's formail
utility. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted email that, when
processed by formail, could cause formail to crash or, possibly, execute
arbitrary code as the user running formail. (CVE-2017-16844)
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SL7
  x86_64
    procmail-3.22-36.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm
    procmail-debuginfo-3.22-36.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team