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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS USN-2340-1 Critical Procmail Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey September 4, 2014
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2341-1 pertains to a postfix flaw impacting several LTS iterations and message processing.
formail could be made to crash or run programs if it processed specially crafted mail.

Summary

formail could be made to crash or run programs if it processed specially

crafted mail.

Software Description:

- procmail: Versatile e-mail processor

Details:

Tavis Ormandy discovered that the formail tool incorrectly handled certain

malformed mail headers. An attacker could use this flaw to cause formail to

crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary

code.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical Ubuntu procmail email processing

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  procmail                        3.22-21ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  procmail                        3.22-19ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  procmail                        3.22-18ubuntu1.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2340-1

CVE-2014-3618

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September 04, 2014

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical Ubuntu procmail email processing

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/procmail/3.22-21ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/procmail/3.22-19ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/procmail/3.22-18ubuntu1.1

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