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Slackware: 2004-049-02 Critical: Metamail Unauthorized Code Exec Threat

Metamail is a set of utilities for processing MIME mail. New metamail packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current. These fix two format string bugs and two buffer overflows which could lead to unauthorized code execution. . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] metamail security update (SSA:2004-049-02) Metamail is a set of utilities for processing MIME mail. New metamail packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current. These fix two format string bugs and two buffer overflows which could lead to unauthorized code execution. Thanks to Ulf Härnhammar for discovering these problems and providing a patch. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-CAN-2004-0104 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-CAN-2004-0105 Here are the details from the Slackware 9.1 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ Wed Feb 18 03:44:42 PST 2004 patches/packages/metamail-2.7-i486-2.tgz: Patched two format string bugs and two buffer overflows in metamail which could lead to unauthorized code execution. Thanks to Ulf Härnhammar for discovering these problems and providing a patch. (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ WHERE TO FIND THE NEW PACKAGE: +-----------------------------+ Updated package for Slackware 8.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patches/packages/metamail-2.7-i386-2.tgz Updated package for Slackware 9.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.0/patches/packages/metamail-2.7-i386-2.tgz Updated package for Slackware 9.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patches/packages/metamail-2.7-i486-2.tgz Updated package for Slackware -current: MD5 SIGNATURES: +-------------+ Slackware 8.1 package: 2472a9ac8eefc7d919c0dff517651be6 metamail-2.7-i386-2.tgz Slackware 9.0 package: 4f283c4ad8429fd0e9ed92f3e95e93c7 metamail-2.7-i386-2.tgz Slackware 9.1package: d9947ffb77c68930ed4826dfab4af91b metamail-2.7-i486-2.tgz Slackware -current package: d9947ffb77c68930ed4826dfab4af91b metamail-2.7-i486-2.tgz INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: +------------------------+ Upgrade the metamail package with upgradepkg: # upgradepkg metamail-2.7-i486-2.tgz +-----+ . Metamail for Arch Linux has been patched with essential updates to fix format string vulnerabilities and stack overflow concerns.. Metamail Security Update, Slackware Package Fix, MIME Code Execution. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Feb 18, 2004 Slackware