[RHSA-2003:109-03] Updated balsa and mutt packages fix vulnerabilities From: bugzilla@redhat.com To: redhat-watch-list@redhat.com, redhat-announce-list@redhat.com CC: bugtraq@securityfocus.com, full-disclosure@lists.netsys.com Date: 2003-04-03 22.34 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Updated balsa and mutt packages fix vulnerabilities Advisory ID: RHSA-2003:109-03 Issue date: 2003-04-03 Updated on: 2003-04-03 Product: Red Hat Linux Keywords: balsa mutt IMAP server UTF7 UTF8 Cross references: Obsoletes: CVE Names: CAN-2003-0140 CAN-2002-1090 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Topic: New Balsa, Mutt, and libesmtp packages that fix potential buffer overflow vulnerabilities are now available. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Linux 7.2 - i386, ia64 Red Hat Linux 7.3 - i386 Red Hat Linux 8.0 - i386 Red Hat Linux 9 - i386 3. Problem description: Mutt is a text-mode email client. Balsa is a GNOME email client which includes code from Mutt. A potential buffer overflow in Mutt version 1.4 exists when parsing mailbox names returned by an IMAP server. It is possible that a hostile IMAP server could cause arbitrary code to be executed by the user running Mutt. This issue affects versions of Mutt provided with Red Hat Linux 8.0 and Red Hat Linux 9. Versions 1.2 and higher of Balsa incorporate the vulnerable Mutt IMAP code and are therefore vulnerable to this issue as well. It is possible that a hostile IMAP server could cause arbitrary code to be executed by the user running Balsa. This issue affects Red Hat Linux 7.2, 7.3, 8.0 and 9. Additionally, a buffer overflow in libesmtp, an SMTP library used by Balsa, before version 0.8.11 allows a hostile remote SMTP server to execute arbitrary code via a certain response or cause a denial of service via long server responses. This issue only affects versions of libesmtp provided by Red Hat Linux 7.2 and 7.3. Users of Mutt and Balsa are recommended to update to these erratum packages containing updated versions of Mutt, Balsa, and libesmtp which are not vulnerable to these issues. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run: rpm -Fvh [filenames] where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the desired RPMs. Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. 5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla for more info): 66389 - Buffer overflow in versions < 0.8.11 86394 - Security flaw in mutt discovered by Core Security Technologies 6. RPMs required: Red Hat Linux 7.2: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/SRPMS/balsa-1.2.4-7.7.2.src.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/SRPMS/libesmtp-0.8.12-0.7.x.src.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/balsa-1.2.4-7.7.2.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/libesmtp-0.8.12-0.7.x.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/libesmtp-devel-0.8.12-0.7.x.i386.rpm ia64: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/balsa-1.2.4-7.7.2.ia64.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/libesmtp-0.8.12-0.7.x.ia64.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/libesmtp-devel-0.8.12-0.7.x.ia64.rpm Red Hat Linux 7.3: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/SRPMS/balsa-1.2.4-7.7.3.src.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/SRPMS/libesmtp-0.8.12-0.7.x.src.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/balsa-1.2.4-7.7.3.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/libesmtp-0.8.12-0.7.x.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/libesmtp-devel-0.8.12-0.7.x.i386.rpm Red Hat Linux 8.0: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/SRPMS/mutt-1.4.1-0.8.x.src.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/SRPMS/balsa-1.2.4-8.src.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/mutt-1.4.1-0.8.x.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/balsa-1.2.4-8.i386.rpm Red Hat Linux 9: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/SRPMS/mutt-1.4.1-1.src.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/SRPMS/balsa-2.0.6-2.src.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/mutt-1.4.1-1.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/balsa-2.0.6-2.i386.rpm 7. Verification: MD5 sum Package Name -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5bab8505c792c1682072f90ec5babe6a 7.2/en/os/SRPMS/balsa-1.2.4-7.7.2.src.rpm d5234163353ecf276c872abf253703d9 7.2/en/os/SRPMS/libesmtp-0.8.12-0.7.x.src.rpm 9a2394f555cc8ea15891e04da2e73030 7.2/en/os/i386/balsa-1.2.4-7.7.2.i386.rpm f4d4ae7c3af052f43e1873169ed06036 7.2/en/os/i386/libesmtp-0.8.12-0.7.x.i386.rpm 08be48e6749eaa9eee9c3c130c8e8bd5 7.2/en/os/i386/libesmtp-devel-0.8.12-0.7.x.i386.rpm fb4a47e64ac2a8e35ea98bd64f980eb5 7.2/en/os/ia64/balsa-1.2.4-7.7.2.ia64.rpm f5dd08e62f829edf0d1f24a26b7ab364 7.2/en/os/ia64/libesmtp-0.8.12-0.7.x.ia64.rpm af33956420acf4c8c1e551850aaec2c8 7.2/en/os/ia64/libesmtp-devel-0.8.12-0.7.x.ia64.rpm 23c4b1e9fb9e3b9d59329f878b7ddd56 7.3/en/os/SRPMS/balsa-1.2.4-7.7.3.src.rpm d5234163353ecf276c872abf253703d9 7.3/en/os/SRPMS/libesmtp-0.8.12-0.7.x.src.rpm ef25302d3b208b76d574c1dd32baf160 7.3/en/os/i386/balsa-1.2.4-7.7.3.i386.rpm f4d4ae7c3af052f43e1873169ed06036 7.3/en/os/i386/libesmtp-0.8.12-0.7.x.i386.rpm 08be48e6749eaa9eee9c3c130c8e8bd5 7.3/en/os/i386/libesmtp-devel-0.8.12-0.7.x.i386.rpm ee54ef0139d795761ab552085100d57f 8.0/en/os/SRPMS/balsa-1.2.4-8.src.rpm db56cb885a976cb82b9493a7bcad0fbc 8.0/en/os/SRPMS/mutt-1.4.1-0.8.x.src.rpm 6e65eeccc64b858b12e8cdfdf845bae6 8.0/en/os/i386/balsa-1.2.4-8.i386.rpm 074c0b649d51043349c2ca628fc7d217 8.0/en/os/i386/mutt-1.4.1-0.8.x.i386.rpm a10d74ad40852b6dd43fdbcb51fac529 9/en/os/SRPMS/balsa-2.0.6-2.src.rpm 9e6dc99dcd0adc430995776fedf89712 9/en/os/SRPMS/mutt-1.4.1-1.src.rpm 26b0deca515d58111780cb510236776a 9/en/os/i386/balsa-2.0.6-2.i386.rpm 389f755b4702a1acb1a8f891750fe7b2 9/en/os/i386/mutt-1.4.1-1.i386.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key is available at http://www.redhat.com/solutions/security/news/publickey/ You can verify each package with the following command: rpm --checksig -v <filename> If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command: md5sum <filename> 8. References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0140 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2002-1090 9. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is <security@redhat.com>. More contact details at http://www.redhat.com/solutions/security/news/contact/ Copyright 2003 Red Hat, Inc. _______________________________________________ Redhat-watch-list mailing list To unsubscribe, visit: https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-watch-list
foser: Any objection against unmasking 2.0.10?
no, did i never mention this to you (?) i knew about this long ago. Thought i CC-ed you.
glsa sent
