openSUSE Security Update: bogofilter: heap corruption overrun in bogofilter/bogolexer ______________________________________________________________________________
Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2010:0439-1 Rating: moderate References: #619847 Cross-References: CVE-2010-2494 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.2 openSUSE 11.1 ______________________________________________________________________________
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description:
This update of bogofilter/bogolexer fixes a heap based buffer underflow vulnerability which could be exploited to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code (CVE-2010-2494).
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE 11.2:
zypper in -t patch bogofilter-2668
- openSUSE 11.1:
zypper in -t patch bogofilter-2668
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- openSUSE 11.2 (i586 src x86_64):
bogofilter-1.2.0-2.5.1
- openSUSE 11.1 (i586 ppc src x86_64):
bogofilter-1.1.1-174.18.1
References:
http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2494.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/619847