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Today's Topics:

1. [USN-2340-1] procmail vulnerability (Marc Deslauriers)


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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 14:05:50 -0400
From: Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com>
To: ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: [USN-2340-1] procmail vulnerability
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2340-1
September 04, 2014

procmail vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

formail could be made to crash or run programs if it processed specially
crafted mail.

Software Description:
- procmail: Versatile e-mail processor

Details:

Tavis Ormandy discovered that the formail tool incorrectly handled certain
malformed mail headers. An attacker could use this flaw to cause formail to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
procmail 3.22-21ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
procmail 3.22-19ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
procmail 3.22-18ubuntu1.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2340-1
CVE-2014-3618

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/procmail/3.22-21ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/procmail/3.22-19ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/procmail/3.22-18ubuntu1.1


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