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CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT
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PACKAGE : spamassassin
SUMMARY : Fix for denial of service vulnerability in SpamAssassin
DATE : 2004-09-22 11:02:00
ID : CLA-2004:867
RELEVANT
RELEASES : 9, 10

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DESCRIPTION
SpamAssassin[1] is a spam filter for email invoked from MDAs (Mail
Delivery Agents).

This security fix prevents a denial of service attack open to certain
malformed messages that affects all SpamAssassin 2.5x < 2.54 and 2.6x
< 2.64.

SOLUTION
It is recommended that all SpamAssassin users upgrade their packages.
Please note that the service will be automatically restarted after
the upgrade if it was already running.


REFERENCES
1.http://www.spamassassin.org/
2.http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=spamassassin-announce&m=10916812162876
7&w=2

UPDATED PACKAGES
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/SRPMS/spamassassin-2.63-54029U10_
2cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/spamassassin-2.63-54029U10_2
cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/spamassassin-doc-2.63-54029U
10_2cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/SRPMS/spamassassin-2.60-28724U90_2
cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/spamassassin-2.60-28724U90_2c
l.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/spamassassin-doc-2.60-28724U9
0_2cl.i386.rpm

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
The apt tool can be used to perform RPM packages upgrades:

- run: apt-get update
- after that, execute: apt-get upgrade

Detailed instructions regarding the use of apt and upgrade examples
can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en

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All packages are signed with Conectiva's GPG key. The key and instructions
on how to import it can be found at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/chave/?idioma=en
Instructions on how to check the signatures of the RPM packages can be
found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/politica/?idioma=en

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All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?idioma=en

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Copyright (c) 2004 Conectiva Inc.
http://www.conectiva.com

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