SUSE Security Update: Security update for bogofilter
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2012:1652-1
Rating:             important
References:         #792939 
Cross-References:   CVE-2012-5468
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
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   An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:


   A heap corruption in bogofilter's base64 decoding function,
   caused by  incomplete multibyte characters, could have
   resulted in a Denial of Service  (App. crash) or
   potentially allowed the execution of arbitrary code. This
   has been fixed.

   Security Issue reference:

   * CVE-2012-5468
   


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-bogofilter-7135

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):

      bogofilter-1.1.1-174.27.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5468.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/792939
   https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login

SuSE: 2012:1652-1: important: bogofilter

December 17, 2012
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

A heap corruption in bogofilter's base64 decoding function, caused by incomplete multibyte characters, could have resulted in a Denial of Service (App. crash) or potentially allowed the execution of arbitrary code. This has been fixed. Security Issue reference: * CVE-2012-5468 Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2: zypper in -t patch sledsp2-bogofilter-7135 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64): bogofilter-1.1.1-174.27.1

References

#792939

Cross- CVE-2012-5468

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5468.html

https://bugzilla.novell.com/792939

https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login

Severity
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:1652-1
Rating: important

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