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Slackware alert SSA:2005-201-02 (emacs)
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] emacs movemail POP utility (SSA:2005-201-02) New emacs packages are available for Slackware 10.1 and -current to a security issue with the movemail utility for retrieving mail from a POP mail server. If used to connect to a malicious POP server, it is possible for the server to cause the execution of arbitrary code as the user running emacs. Here are the details from the Slackware 10.1 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/emacs-21.4a-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to emacs-21.4a. This fixes a vulnerability in the movemail utility when connecting to a malicious POP server that may allow the execution of arbitrary code as the user running emacs. (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ Updated packages for Slackware 10.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.1/patc... ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.1/patc... ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.1/patc... ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.1/patc... ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.1/patc... ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.1/patc... Updated packages for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/s... ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/s... ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/s... ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/s... ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/s... ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/s... MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 10.1 packages: 7bb30482651e5e4558eea0b66b55d1de emacs-21.4a-i486-1.tgz 45b0fb651c6c7b9deacb55efe582b4b5 emacs-info-21.4a-noarch-1.tgz 5d0152fa95027215b14ece0f8fbf8a37 emacs-leim-21.4-noarch-1.tgz 5bd976633a33dad36161eba7e92bec61 emacs-lisp-21.4a-noarch-1.tgz 2763fe68ed8c833ed95ec4c95aacc562 emacs-misc-21.4a-noarch-1.tgz 195df428e1a10c50da88129002c9e2f9 emacs-nox-21.4a-i486-1.tgz Slackware -current packages: 44986e6ca1e02d971f43e3d0f118dde3 emacs-21.4a-i486-1.tgz 100643203d73d54df78c58eef8596e4b emacs-info-21.4a-noarch-1.tgz 70effd3b113d795d8532022139269f77 emacs-leim-21.4-noarch-1.tgz 2bcec4297285f30124e2a61f85a27440 emacs-lisp-21.4a-noarch-1.tgz 48ebc0d4e581d5deb15159a4d34c060d emacs-misc-21.4a-noarch-1.tgz 04fb5ed4b1da572063b2a991d8c54edf emacs-nox-21.4a-i486-1.tgz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the packages as root: # upgradepkg emacs-21.4a-i486-1.tgz emacs-info-21.4a-noarch-1.tgz emacs-leim-21.4-noarch-1.tgz emacs-lisp-21.4a-noarch-1.tgz emacs-misc-21.4a-noarch-1.tgz emacs-nox-21.4a-i486-1.tgz +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security@slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | To leave the slackware-security mailing list: | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Send an email to majordomo@slackware.com with this text in the body of | | the email message: | | | | unsubscribe slackware-security | | | | You will get a confirmation message back containing instructions to | | complete the process. Please do not reply to this email address. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFC3qbFakRjwEAQIjMRAgthAJsFFB9Z36TqtkNPM+tegL9KZS1zogCdHHcS 9X8hl9NzM70t4pPBPymgqe0= =cd3U -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- (Log in to post comments)
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