Security update for package pine

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(Last modified: 09SEP2003)

solutions Security update for package pine SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (ea6c1fcab2310daef25b46039b4b3d02)

Applies to

Product(s): SuSE eMail Server 3.1
SuSE eMail Server III
SuSE Firewall Adminhost VPN
SuSE Linux Admin-CD for Firewall
SuSE Firewall on CD 2 - VPN
SuSE Firewall on CD 2
SuSE Linux Connectivity Server
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 for IA32
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 for IA64
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 for PowerPC
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 for S/390 and zSeries
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 for IBM zSeries
SuSE Linux Office Server
SuSE Linux Desktop 1.0

Package: pine
pico
Release: 20030909
Obsoletes: none

Indications

This update should be installed on all machines that have the pine package installed.

Contraindications

None.

Problem description

This update fixes two overflows in the handling of message/external-body type (buffer overflow) and in MIME header parsing (integer overflow), identified as CAN-2003-0720 and CAN-2003-0721, reported by iDEFENSE, Inc.
These errors can lead pine to misbehave when erroneously formed emails are being processed. The result can be a crash of the pine program, or that arbitrary code as provided by a remote attacker via email is being executed.
Due to the nature of pine's functionality (processing email data received from unidentified, non-trustworthy sources), it is strongly recommended to install this update package on all systems that have the pine package installed.

Solution

Please install the updates provided at the location noted below.

Installation notes

This update is provided as an RPM package that can easily be installed onto a running system by using this command:
rpm -Fvh pico.rpm pine.rpm

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