Trustix Secure Linux Security Advisory: mutt | Linux Today

Trustix Secure Linux Security Advisory: mutt

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 8, 2002
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Trustix Secure Linux Security Advisory #2002-0003

Package name:      mutt
Summary:           Remote exploit
Date:              2002-01-04
Affected versions: TSL 1.2, 1.5

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Problem description:
  Mutt in version 1.2.5i has a buffer overflow which can be remotely
  exploited.

Action:
  We recommend that all systems with this package installed are upgraded.


Location:
  All TSL updates are available from
  http://www.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/updates/
  ftp://ftp.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/updates/


Automatic updates:
  Users of the SWUP tool can enjoy having updates automatically
  installed using 'swup --upgrade'.

  Get SWUP from:
  ftp://ftp.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/software/swup/


Questions?
  Check out our mailing lists:
  http://www.trustix.net/support/


Verification:
  This advisory along with all TSL packages are signed with the TSL sign key.
  This key is available from:
  http://www.trustix.net/TSL-GPG-KEY

  The advisory itself is available from the errata pages at
  http://www.trustix.net/errata/trustix-1.2/> and
  http://www.trustix.net/errata/trustix-1.5/
  or directly at
  http://www.trustix.net/errata/misc/2002/TSL-2002-0003-mutt.asc.txt

MD5sums of the packages:
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90970d1142b4bedce05bcdc7343d9ab3  ./1.5/SRPMS/mutt-1.2.5i.1-1tr.src.rpm
a0181fdebd24a64cec3ab62949a8cdc4  ./1.5/RPMS/mutt-1.2.5i.1-1tr.i586.rpm
90970d1142b4bedce05bcdc7343d9ab3  ./1.2/SRPMS/mutt-1.2.5i.1-1tr.src.rpm
6f9f499831254a56058c3957e94ca82c  ./1.2/RPMS/mutt-1.2.5i.1-1tr.i586.rpm
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Trustix Security Team
Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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