Ubuntu Security Notice 1667-1 - Julius Plenz discovered that bogofilter incorrectly handled certain invalid base64 code. By sending a specially crafted email, a remote attacker could exploit this and cause bogofilter to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1667-1
December 17, 2012
bogofilter vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary:
bogofilter could be made to crash or run programs if it processed a
specially crafted email.
Software Description:
- bogofilter: a fast Bayesian spam filter
Details:
Julius Plenz discovered that bogofilter incorrectly handled certain
invalid base64 code. By sending a specially crafted email, a remote
attacker could exploit this and cause bogofilter to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
bogofilter-bdb 1.2.1-0ubuntu1.2
bogofilter-sqlite 1.2.1-0ubuntu1.2
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1667-1
CVE-2012-5468
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bogofilter/1.2.1-0ubuntu1.2