openSUSE alert openSUSE-SU-2012:1374-1 (claws-mail)

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openSUSE-SU-2012:1374-1: claws-mail: fixed a denial of service attack 
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Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:08:35 +0200 (CEST)
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   openSUSE Security Update: claws-mail: fixed a denial of service attack
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2012:1374-1
Rating:             low
References:         #784463 
Cross-References:   CVE-2012-4507
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE 12.2
                    openSUSE 12.1
                    openSUSE 11.4
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   An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

   A denial of service attack (NULL ptr dereference) in claws
   mail was fixed.


Patch Instructions:

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

   - openSUSE 12.2:

      zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2012-719

   - openSUSE 12.1:

      zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2012-719

   - openSUSE 11.4:

      zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2012-719

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


Package List:

   - openSUSE 12.2 (i586 x86_64):

      claws-mail-3.8.1-1.4.1
      claws-mail-debuginfo-3.8.1-1.4.1
      claws-mail-debugsource-3.8.1-1.4.1
      claws-mail-devel-3.8.1-1.4.1

   - openSUSE 12.2 (noarch):

      claws-mail-lang-3.8.1-1.4.1

   - openSUSE 12.1 (i586 x86_64):

      claws-mail-3.7.10-3.4.1
      claws-mail-debuginfo-3.7.10-3.4.1
      claws-mail-debugsource-3.7.10-3.4.1
      claws-mail-devel-3.7.10-3.4.1

   - openSUSE 12.1 (noarch):

      claws-mail-lang-3.7.10-3.4.1

   - openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64):

      claws-mail-3.7.8-11.1
      claws-mail-debuginfo-3.7.8-11.1
      claws-mail-debugsource-3.7.8-11.1
      claws-mail-devel-3.7.8-11.1

   - openSUSE 11.4 (noarch):

      claws-mail-lang-3.7.8-11.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4507.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/784463