USN-1667-1: bogofilter vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1667-1
17th December, 2012
bogofilter vulnerability
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 version:
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
- bogofilter-bdb 1.2.1-0ubuntu1.2
- bogofilter-sqlite 1.2.1-0ubuntu1.2
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.