Bugtraq: UPDATE: [ GLSA 200506-17 ] SpamAssassin 3, Vipul's Razor: Denial of Service vulnerability

From: Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen <jaervosz_at_gentoo.org>
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 21:59:53 +0200

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory [UPDATE] GLSA 200506-17:02
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: SpamAssassin 3, Vipul's Razor: Denial of Service
            vulnerability
      Date: June 21, 2005
   Updated: July 04, 2005
      Bugs: #94722, #95492, #96776
        ID: 200506-17:02

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Update
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Sascha Lucas discovered that with certain malformed headers it was still
possible to crash Vipul's Razor.

The updated sections appear below.

Affected packages
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     Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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  1 mail-filter/spamassassin < 3.0.4 >= 3.0.4
                                                               < 3.0.1
  2 mail-filter/razor < 2.74 >= 2.74
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     2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.
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Resolution
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All SpamAssassin users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-filter/spamassassin-3.0.4"

All Vipul's Razor users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-filter/razor-2.74"

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-17.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security_at_gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

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Received on Jul 04 2005