RedHat: Critical: elm security update
Summary
Summary
Elm is a terminal mode email client. A buffer overflow flaw in Elm was discovered that was triggered by viewing a mailbox containing a message with a carefully crafted 'Expires' header. An attacker could create a malicious message that would execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user who received it. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2005-2665 to this issue. Users of Elm should update to this updated package, which contains a backported patch that corrects this issue.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. 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/):
166580 - CAN-2005-2665 elm buffer overflow
6. RPMs required:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1:
SRPMS:
479f0512285ad516895777c2e995a9a7 elm-2.5.6-6.src.rpm
i386:
71cba99974d435407927cffd9901eaf9 elm-2.5.6-6.i386.rpm
ia64:
6272e2c92c5eb207992b60d79c096565 elm-2.5.6-6.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1:
SRPMS:
479f0512285ad516895777c2e995a9a7 elm-2.5.6-6.src.rpm
ia64:
6272e2c92c5eb207992b60d79c096565 elm-2.5.6-6.ia64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package
References
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2665
Package List
Topic
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 - i386, ia64
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 - ia64
Bugs Fixed