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USN-2340-1: procmail vulnerability

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USN-2340-1: procmail vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/08/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/19/2014
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in formisc.c in formail in procmail 3.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted email header, related to "unbalanced quotes."

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-procmail

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