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LBA-Linux Advisory: spamassassin

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LBA-Linux Security Advisory

Subject: Updated spamassassin package for LBA-Linux R1
Advisory ID: LBASA-2004:41
Date: Saturday, October 2, 2004
Product: LBA-Linux R1

Problem description:

CAN-2004-0796
SpamAssassin 2.5x, and 2.6x before 2.64, allows remote attackers to
cause a denial of service via certain malformed messages.

Updated packages:

LBA-Linux R1:

i386:

ftp://ftp.sot.com/lba-linux_r1/apt/RPMS.updates/spamassassin-2.63-7.lba.2.i386.rpm

Upgrading your system:

To apply this security update to your LBA-Linux system, run the
Updater tool from the LBA-Linux root desktop:

  1. Log in to your LBA-Linux desktop as the root user.
  2. Click on the penguin icon at the lower left of the display, and
    select the menu item SYSTEM TOOLS>UPDATER.
  3. Click on the item named spamassassin to highlight it.
  4. Click on the PACKAGE menu in the menu bar, and select the
    UPGRADE action.
  5. Confirm the upgrade by clicking the APPLY button in Updater’s
    main toolbar.

References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0796

Copyright(c) 2001-2004 SOT

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