Conectiva alert CLA-2004:867 (spamassassin)

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[CLA-2004:867] Conectiva Security Announcement - spamassassin
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Wed, 22 Sep 2004 11:03:23 -0300

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CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 
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PACKAGE   : spamassassin
SUMMARY   : Fix for denial of service vulnerability in SpamAssassin
DATE      : 2004-09-22 11:02:00
ID        : CLA-2004:867
RELEVANT
RELEASES  : 9, 10

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DESCRIPTION
 SpamAssassin[1] is a spam filter for email invoked from MDAs (Mail
 Delivery Agents).
 
 This security fix prevents a denial of service attack open to certain
 malformed messages that affects all SpamAssassin 2.5x < 2.54 and 2.6x
 < 2.64.


SOLUTION
 It is recommended that all SpamAssassin users upgrade their packages.
 Please note that the service will be automatically restarted after
 the upgrade if it was already running.
 
 
 REFERENCES
 1.http://www.spamassassin.org/
 2.http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=spamassassin-announce&...


UPDATED PACKAGES
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/SRPMS/spamassassin...
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/spamassassin-...
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/spamassassin-...
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/SRPMS/spamassassin-...
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/spamassassin-2...
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/spamassassin-d...


ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
 The apt tool can be used to perform RPM packages upgrades:

 - run:                 apt-get update
 - after that, execute: apt-get upgrade

 Detailed instructions regarding the use of apt and upgrade examples 
 can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en

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All packages are signed with Conectiva's GPG key. The key and instructions
on how to import it can be found at 
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/chave/?idioma=en
Instructions on how to check the signatures of the RPM packages can be
found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/politica/?idioma=en

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All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?idioma=en

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Copyright (c) 2004 Conectiva Inc.
http://www.conectiva.com

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