Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2006:0577 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2006-07-12
Updated:
2006-07-12

RHSA-2006:0577 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

mutt security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

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Topic

Updated mutt packages that fix a security issue are now available.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.

Description

Mutt is a text-mode mail user agent.

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way Mutt processes an overly
long namespace from a malicious imap server. In order to exploit this
flaw a user would have to use Mutt to connect to a malicious IMAP server.
(CVE-2006-3242)

Users of Mutt are advised to upgrade to these erratum packages, which
contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 2 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 2 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 2 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 2 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 3 ppc

Fixes

  • BZ - 197151 - CVE-2006-3242 Mutt IMAP namespace buffer overflow

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4

SRPM
x86_64
mutt-1.4.1-11.rhel4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 883931645c4f45df238cf42aade30e13f1e96f1b20167e7b0ed6f321ac8da9c6
mutt-1.4.1-11.rhel4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 883931645c4f45df238cf42aade30e13f1e96f1b20167e7b0ed6f321ac8da9c6
ia64
mutt-1.4.1-11.rhel4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 84e12236e73117c4ccc86d278200caf3144ec117b64d12ef2bb001d5372a8edb
mutt-1.4.1-11.rhel4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 84e12236e73117c4ccc86d278200caf3144ec117b64d12ef2bb001d5372a8edb
i386
mutt-1.4.1-11.rhel4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 770a6ae25ca7cfe8701809da0b6a64958e6eab02e71fc9e62ecff82c23d33fbf
mutt-1.4.1-11.rhel4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 770a6ae25ca7cfe8701809da0b6a64958e6eab02e71fc9e62ecff82c23d33fbf

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3

SRPM
x86_64
ia64
i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 2

SRPM
ia64
i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4

SRPM
x86_64
mutt-1.4.1-11.rhel4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 883931645c4f45df238cf42aade30e13f1e96f1b20167e7b0ed6f321ac8da9c6
ia64
mutt-1.4.1-11.rhel4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 84e12236e73117c4ccc86d278200caf3144ec117b64d12ef2bb001d5372a8edb
i386
mutt-1.4.1-11.rhel4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 770a6ae25ca7cfe8701809da0b6a64958e6eab02e71fc9e62ecff82c23d33fbf

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3

SRPM
x86_64
ia64
i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 2

SRPM
ia64
i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4

SRPM
x86_64
mutt-1.4.1-11.rhel4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 883931645c4f45df238cf42aade30e13f1e96f1b20167e7b0ed6f321ac8da9c6
i386
mutt-1.4.1-11.rhel4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 770a6ae25ca7cfe8701809da0b6a64958e6eab02e71fc9e62ecff82c23d33fbf

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3

SRPM
x86_64
i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4

SRPM
s390x
mutt-1.4.1-11.rhel4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: f9b42bb3d9ede330edd2d95c2872aaf37d183968cf2660c003b3ecc1389f3e91
s390
mutt-1.4.1-11.rhel4.s390.rpm SHA-256: d186b1c3cf261a503ffa04a66f00215aa4bdbc63232c461dd3bfe53abe6c7c4e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3

SRPM
s390x
s390

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4

SRPM
ppc
mutt-1.4.1-11.rhel4.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 7a9245d1925b784b54371c56bf3525a25a4749da57bc0a6ee943a11117c96ca0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 3

SRPM
ppc

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