Conectiva Linux Advisory: mutt

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CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 
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PACKAGE   : mutt
SUMMARY   : Buffer overflow in IMAP code
DATE      : 2003-04-14 16:58:00
ID        : CLA-2003:626
RELEVANT
RELEASES  : 7.0, 8

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DESCRIPTION
 Mutt[1] is a text-mode email client.
 
 Core Security Technologies discovered[2] a buffer overflow
 vulnerability in the mutt code that handles IMAP folders. An attacker
 who is able to control an IMAP server accessed by mutt can exploit
 this vulnerability to remotely crash the mutt client or to execute
 arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running it.
 
 The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
 the name CAN-2003-0201 to this issue[3].


SOLUTION
 All mutt users should upgrade.
 
 
 REFERENCES
 1.http://www.mutt.org
 2.http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=310&idxseccion=10
 3.http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0140


UPDATED PACKAGES
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/RPMS/mutt-1.3.17-8U70_2cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/SRPMS/mutt-1.3.17-8U70_2cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/RPMS/mutt-1.3.25-2U80_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/SRPMS/mutt-1.3.25-2U80_1cl.src.rpm


ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
 The apt tool can be used to perform RPM packages upgrades:

 - run:                 apt-get update
 - after that, execute: apt-get upgrade

 Detailed instructions reagarding the use of apt and upgrade examples 
 can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en

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