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Ubuntu 12.04 ESM: USN-3483-2 High: Procmail Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey November 21, 2017
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Tackling a procmail security flaw in Ubuntu 12.04: Potential denial of service or arbitrary code execution when handling specially designed emails.
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:

USN-3483-1 fixed a vulnerability in procmail. This update provides the

corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

 Jakub Wilk discovered that the formail tool incorrectly handled

 certain malformed mail messages. 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

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
  procmail                        3.22-19ubuntu0.2

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

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3483-2

 

  CVE-2017-16844

November 21, 2017

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