-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?idioma=en - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright (c) 2004 Conectiva Inc. http://www.conectiva.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- subscribe: conectiva-updates-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx unsubscribe: conectiva-updates-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQFBUYYq42jd0JmAcZARAvfnAKDp1bCgEbzw0NLMyTHvTv9drMgcQwCghzUF TYGOu0IfD4tIoUFi/jAzNyk= =Ie+x -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
