Slackware: 'mutt' Remote buffer overflow
January 8, 2002
An exploitable overflow has been found in the address handling code of themutt mail client version 1.2.5i supplied with Slackware 8.0.
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Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 14:20:05 -0800 (PST) From: Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com> To: slackware-security@slackware.com Subject: [slackware-security] mutt remote exploit patched
An exploitable overflow has been found in the address handling code of the mutt mail client version 1.2.5i supplied with Slackware 8.0. A new mutt-1.2.5.1 has been released which addresses this problem, and packages are now available for Slackware 8.0 and -current.
We urge all Slackware users to upgrade to this new version of mutt as soon as possible.
WHERE TO FIND THE NEW PACKAGES: ------------------------------- Updated mutt package for Slackware 8.0:
Updated mutt package for Slackware -current:
MD5 SIGNATURES: ---------------
Here are the md5sums for the packages:
Slackware 8.0: 3172435c584b0cb22ede37b7fafc25c6 mutt.tgz
Slackware -current: 3172435c584b0cb22ede37b7fafc25c6 mutt-1.2.5.1-i386-1.tgz
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: --------------------------
Simply upgrade (or install) as root:
# upgradepkg mutt.tgz
or # installpkg mutt.tgz
Remember, it's also a good idea to backup configuration files before upgrading packages.
- Slackware Linux Security Team The Slackware Linux Project
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