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[ MDVSA-2008:133 ] - Updated sympa packages fix DoS vulnerability

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Date: Fri Jul 04 2008 - 17:46:00 CDT


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 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:133
 http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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 Package : sympa
 Date : July 4, 2008
 Affected: Corporate 4.0
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 Problem Description:
 
 A denial of service condition was discovered in Sympa versions prior
 to 5.4 that allowed remote attackers to crash the Sympa daemon via
 a malformed email message (CVE-2008-1648).
 
 The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
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 References:
 
 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1648
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 Updated Packages:
 
 Corporate 4.0:
 655a68493320ad7bb781763f2e772a8f corporate/4.0/i586/sympa-5.1.0-2.1.20060mlcs4.i586.rpm
 2abfb52172b7becbb926bd6cf8f63693 corporate/4.0/SRPMS/sympa-5.1.0-2.1.20060mlcs4.src.rpm

 Corporate 4.0/X86_64:
 6e2632d45d6f4474665457aef2d7574f corporate/4.0/x86_64/sympa-5.1.0-2.1.20060mlcs4.x86_64.rpm
 2abfb52172b7becbb926bd6cf8f63693 corporate/4.0/SRPMS/sympa-5.1.0-2.1.20060mlcs4.src.rpm
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 Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
 pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
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