- Issued:
- 2006-07-12
- Updated:
- 2006-07-12
RHSA-2006:0577 - Security Advisory
Synopsis
mutt security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Moderate
Red Hat Lightspeed patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
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
CVEs
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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