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Metamail Message Processing Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:

A patch by Ulf Harnhammar <metaur@operamail.commailto:metaur@operamail.com> is available at the following location:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi/metamail.boundarycrash.patch?bug=352482;msg=5;att=2http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi/metamail.boundarycrash.patch?bug=352482;msg=5;att=2

Symantec has not verified this patch.

Please see the referenced vendor advisories for more information and fixes.


Metamail Metamail 2.7

• Debian metamail_2.7-45woody.4_alpha.deb
  Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/metamail/metamail_2.7-4 5woody.4_alpha.deb


• Debian metamail_2.7-45woody.4_arm.deb
  Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/metamail/metamail_2.7-4 5woody.4_arm.deb


• Debian metamail_2.7-45woody.4_hppa.deb
  Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/metamail/metamail_2.7-4 5woody.4_hppa.deb


• Debian metamail_2.7-45woody.4_i386.deb
  Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/metamail/metamail_2.7-4 5woody.4_i386.deb


• Debian metamail_2.7-45woody.4_ia64.deb
  Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/metamail/metamail_2.7-4 5woody.4_ia64.deb


• Debian metamail_2.7-45woody.4_m68k.deb
  Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/metamail/metamail_2.7-4 5woody.4_m68k.deb


• Debian metamail_2.7-45woody.4_mips.deb
  Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/metamail/metamail_2.7-4 5woody.4_mips.deb


• Debian metamail_2.7-45woody.4_mipsel.deb
  Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/metamail/metamail_2.7-4 5woody.4_mipsel.deb


• Debian metamail_2.7-45woody.4_powerpc.deb
  Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/metamail/metamail_2.7-4 5woody.4_powerpc.deb


• Debian metamail_2.7-45woody.4_s390.deb
  Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/metamail/metamail_2.7-4 5woody.4_s390.deb


• Debian metamail_2.7-45woody.4_sparc.deb
  Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/metamail/metamail_2.7-4 5woody.4_sparc.deb


• Debian metamail_2.7-47sarge1_alpha.deb
  Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/metamail/metamail_2.7-4 7sarge1_alpha.deb


• Debian metamail_2.7-47sarge1_amd64.deb
  Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/metamail/metamail_2.7-4 7sarge1_amd64.deb


• Debian metamail_2.7-47sarge1_arm.deb
  Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/metamail/metamail_2.7-4 7sarge1_arm.deb


• Debian metamail_2.7-47sarge1_hppa.deb
  Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/metamail/metamail_2.7-4 7sarge1_hppa.deb


• Debian metamail_2.7-47sarge1_i386.deb
  Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/metamail/metamail_2.7-4 7sarge1_i386.deb


• Debian metamail_2.7-47sarge1_ia64.deb
  Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/metamail/metamail_2.7-4 7sarge1_ia64.deb


• Debian metamail_2.7-47sarge1_m68k.deb
  Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/metamail/metamail_2.7-4 7sarge1_m68k.deb


• Debian metamail_2.7-47sarge1_mips.deb
  Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/metamail/metamail_2.7-4 7sarge1_mips.deb


• Debian metamail_2.7-47sarge1_mipsel.deb
  Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/metamail/metamail_2.7-4 7sarge1_mipsel.deb


• Debian metamail_2.7-47sarge1_powerpc.deb
  Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/metamail/metamail_2.7-4 7sarge1_powerpc.deb


• Debian metamail_2.7-47sarge1_s390.deb
  Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/metamail/metamail_2.7-4 7sarge1_s390.deb


• Debian metamail_2.7-47sarge1_sparc.deb
  Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/metamail/metamail_2.7-4 7sarge1_sparc.deb