Oval Definition:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26760
Revision Date:2014-11-17Version:9
Title:ELSA-2014-1172 -- procmail security update (Important)
Description:The procmail program is used for local mail delivery. In addition to justdelivering mail, procmail can be used for automatic filtering, presorting,and other mail handling jobs.A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in procmail's formail utility.A remote attacker could send an email with specially crafted headers that,when processed by formail, could cause procmail to crash or, possibly,execute arbitrary code as the user running formail. (CVE-2014-3618)All procmail users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, whichcontain a backported patch to correct this issue.
Family:unixClass:patch
Status:ACCEPTEDReference(s):CVE-2014-3618
ELSA-2014-1172
Platform(s):Oracle Linux 5
Oracle Linux 6
Oracle Linux 7
Product(s):procmail
Definition Synopsis
  • Oracle Linux 7 release section
  • Oracle Linux 7.x
  • AND procmail RPM is earlier than 0:3.22-34.el7_0.1
  • Oracle Linux 6 release section
  • Oracle Linux 6.x
  • AND procmail RPM is earlier than 0:3.22-25.1.el6_5.1
  • Oracle Linux 5 release section
  • Oracle Linux 5.x
  • AND procmail RPM is earlier than 0:3.22-17.1.2.0.1
  • BACK