Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 14:42:50 -0300
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: [CLA-2001:385] Conectiva Linux Security Announcement –
mutt
CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT
PACKAGE : mutt SUMMARY : Format string vulnerabilities DATE : 2001-03-16 14:42:00 ID : CLA-2001:385 RELEVANT RELEASES : 4.0, 4.0es, 4.1, 4.2, 5.0, prg graficos, ecommerce, 5.1
DESCRIPTION
“mutt” is a very popular text-mode email client. Versions prior to
1.2.5 have some format string vulnerabilities that have now been
fixed.
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all users of the mutt program upgrade their
packages.
DIRECT DOWNLOAD LINKS TO THE UPDATED PACKAGES
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.0/SRPMS/mutt-1.2.5-6cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.0/i386/mutt-1.2.5-6cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.0es/SRPMS/mutt-1.2.5-6cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.0es/i386/mutt-1.2.5-6cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.1/SRPMS/mutt-1.2.5-6cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.1/i386/mutt-1.2.5-6cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.2/SRPMS/mutt-1.2.5-6cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.2/i386/mutt-1.2.5-6cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.0/SRPMS/mutt-1.2.5-6cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.0/i386/mutt-1.2.5-6cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/SRPMS/mutt-1.2.5-6cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/i386/mutt-1.2.5-6cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/ferramentas/ecommerce/SRPMS/mutt-1.2.5-6cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/ferramentas/ecommerce/i386/mutt-1.2.5-6cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/ferramentas/graficas/SRPMS/mutt-1.2.5-6cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/ferramentas/graficas/i386/mutt-1.2.5-6cl.i386.rpm
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
Users of Conectiva Linux version 6.0 or higher may use apt to
perform upgrades of RPM packages:
– add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list if it is not
there yet
(you may also use linuxconf to do this):
rpm [cncbr] ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br
6.0/conectiva updates
(replace 6.0 with the correct version number if you are not
running CL6.0)
- 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
All packages are signed with Conectiva’s GPG key. The key and
instructions on how to import it can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/chave/?idioma=en
Instructions on how to check the signatures of the RPM packages can
be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/politica/?idioma=en
All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed
at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?idioma=en