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Package name mutt
Date June 28th, 2006
Advisory ID MDKSA-2006:115
Affected versions CS3.0, 10.2, 2006.0
Synopsis Updated mutt packages fix buffer overflow vulnerability

Problem Description

A stack-based buffer overflow in the browse_get_namespace function in
imap/browse.c of Mutt allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
(crash) or execute arbitrary code via long namespaces received from the
IMAP server.

Updated packages have been patched to address this issue.

Updated Packages

Corporate Server 3.0

 bfc81580fea8bc093ee286001dc9a90d  corporate/3.0/RPMS/mutt-1.5.5.1i-2.1.C30mdk.i586.rpm
 9979b1df2e7b70e801e362f1344cffdc  corporate/3.0/RPMS/mutt-utf8-1.5.5.1i-2.1.C30mdk.i586.rpm
 0b5f6bdc942633d280c44c6cf064f59f  corporate/3.0/SRPMS/mutt-1.5.5.1i-2.1.C30mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 3.0/X86_64

 e6093d7bd4127c7d107894514c729f12  x86_64/corporate/3.0/RPMS/mutt-1.5.5.1i-2.1.C30mdk.x86_64.rpm
 b6390789c46013fb8396d6cc9e2b18ac  x86_64/corporate/3.0/RPMS/mutt-utf8-1.5.5.1i-2.1.C30mdk.x86_64.rpm
 0b5f6bdc942633d280c44c6cf064f59f  x86_64/corporate/3.0/SRPMS/mutt-1.5.5.1i-2.1.C30mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux LE2005

 4754ced22986cf85a1800f1505598e37  10.2/RPMS/mutt-1.5.6i-5.1.102mdk.i586.rpm
 8821801bcfcd24e2c83a0650300ab3a6  10.2/RPMS/mutt-utf8-1.5.6i-5.1.102mdk.i586.rpm
 013916fa3ad5714b2d54fbfebc226d2f  10.2/SRPMS/mutt-1.5.6i-5.1.102mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux LE2005/X86_64

 3a92d59daad0f99898c19ee1ec3ab5c5  x86_64/10.2/RPMS/mutt-1.5.6i-5.1.102mdk.x86_64.rpm
 45306ab4c8ee90b95f0590e859391118  x86_64/10.2/RPMS/mutt-utf8-1.5.6i-5.1.102mdk.x86_64.rpm
 013916fa3ad5714b2d54fbfebc226d2f  x86_64/10.2/SRPMS/mutt-1.5.6i-5.1.102mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2006

 76aff600c45f2144b4cce08bf54bb27a  2006.0/RPMS/mutt-1.5.9i-9.1.20060mdk.i586.rpm
 7e892d544ddfb5631bd299359b828ded  2006.0/RPMS/mutt-utf8-1.5.9i-9.1.20060mdk.i586.rpm
 9e5067db02225e3b35ce9dbdfe17050d  2006.0/SRPMS/mutt-1.5.9i-9.1.20060mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2006/X86_64

 7e6c0716940e1b9e19155d7af11bf1fa  x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/mutt-1.5.9i-9.1.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
 f5315ffc0c03aa99fc7b106d4081e09d  x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/mutt-utf8-1.5.9i-9.1.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
 9e5067db02225e3b35ce9dbdfe17050d  x86_64/2006.0/SRPMS/mutt-1.5.9i-9.1.20060mdk.src.rpm

References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2006-3242

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                rpm --checksig package.rpm

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