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

[Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen <jaervosz () gentoo org>]

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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
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
  1  mail-filter/spamassassin       < 3.0.4                   >= 3.0.4
                                                               < 3.0.1
  2  mail-filter/razor              < 2.74                     >= 2.74
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.
    -------------------------------------------------------------------

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
============

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?
=========

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 () gentoo org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

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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