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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-16844): procmail vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-16844): procmail vulnerability

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
11/16/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/21/2017
Modified
04/25/2018

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the loadbuf function in formisc.c in formail in procmail 3.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted e-mail message because of a hardcoded realloc size, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-3618.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-procmail

References

  • USN-3483-1
  • USN-3483-2
  • 1039844
  • RHSA-2017:3269
  • DSA-4041
  • CVE-2017-16844

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