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Message-ID: <200409221403.LAA16423@frajuto.distro.conectiva>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 11:03:23 -0300
From: Conectiva Updates <secure@...ectiva.com.br>
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linsec@...ts.seifried.org
Subject: [CLA-2004:867] Conectiva Security Announcement - spamassassin
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CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT
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PACKAGE : spamassassin
SUMMARY : Fix for denial of service vulnerability in SpamAssassin
DATE : 2004-09-22 11:02:00
ID : CLA-2004:867
RELEVANT
RELEASES : 9, 10
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DESCRIPTION
SpamAssassin[1] is a spam filter for email invoked from MDAs (Mail
Delivery Agents).
This security fix prevents a denial of service attack open to certain
malformed messages that affects all SpamAssassin 2.5x < 2.54 and 2.6x
< 2.64.
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all SpamAssassin users upgrade their packages.
Please note that the service will be automatically restarted after
the upgrade if it was already running.
REFERENCES
1.http://www.spamassassin.org/
2.http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=spamassassin-announce&m=109168121628767&w=2
UPDATED PACKAGES
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/SRPMS/spamassassin-2.63-54029U10_2cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/spamassassin-2.63-54029U10_2cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/spamassassin-doc-2.63-54029U10_2cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/SRPMS/spamassassin-2.60-28724U90_2cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/spamassassin-2.60-28724U90_2cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/spamassassin-doc-2.60-28724U90_2cl.i386.rpm
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
The apt tool can be used to perform RPM packages upgrades:
- run: apt-get update
- after that, execute: apt-get upgrade
Detailed instructions regarding the use of apt and upgrade examples
can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en
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All packages are signed with Conectiva's GPG key. The key and instructions
on how to import it can be found at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/chave/?idioma=en
Instructions on how to check the signatures of the RPM packages can be
found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/politica/?idioma=en
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All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?idioma=en
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Copyright (c) 2004 Conectiva Inc.
http://www.conectiva.com
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