1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1667-1

USN-1667-1: bogofilter vulnerability

Publication date

17 December 2012

Overview

bogofilter could be made to crash or run programs if it processed a specially crafted email.

Releases

Packages

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.

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

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
10.04 lucid bogofilter-bdb –  1.2.1-0ubuntu1.2
bogofilter-sqlite –  1.2.1-0ubuntu1.2

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