openSUSE alert openSUSE-SU-2010:0439-1 (bogofilter)

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openSUSE-SU-2010:0439-1 (moderate): bogofilter: heap corruption overrun in bogofilter/bogolexer 
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Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:08:11 +0200 (CEST)
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   openSUSE Security Update: bogofilter: heap corruption overrun in bogofilter/bogolexer
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2010:0439-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #619847 
Cross-References:   CVE-2010-2494
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE 11.2
                    openSUSE 11.1
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   An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

   This update of bogofilter/bogolexer fixes a heap based
   buffer underflow vulnerability which could be exploited to
   cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary
   code (CVE-2010-2494).


Patch Instructions:

   To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - openSUSE 11.2:

      zypper in -t patch bogofilter-2668

   - openSUSE 11.1:

      zypper in -t patch bogofilter-2668

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - openSUSE 11.2 (i586 src x86_64):

      bogofilter-1.2.0-2.5.1

   - openSUSE 11.1 (i586 ppc src x86_64):

      bogofilter-1.1.1-174.18.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2494.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/619847