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DATE | 2003-03-24 |
FROM | Ruben Safir
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SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] [reply-a46-1808-2f6b114cd7@nl.internet.com: Your Linux Today Security Letter for March 24, 2003]
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TODAY'S LINUX SECURITY NEWS:
------------------------------------------------------------------ SUSE LINUX ADVISORY: MUTT
"The IMAP-code of mutt is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that can be exploited by a malicious IMAP-server to crash mutt or even execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running mutt..."
COMPLETE STORY: http://linuxtoday.com/security/2003032401226SCSWSS
More Security stories: http://linuxtoday.com/security
------------------------------------------------------------------ GENTOO LINUX ADVISORIES: MUTT, BITCHX, OPENSSL
Three secuirty advisories from Gentoo Linux.
COMPLETE STORY: http://linuxtoday.com/security/2003032401726SCSVSW
More Security stories: http://linuxtoday.com/security
------------------------------------------------------------------ ENGARDE SECURE LINUX ADVISORY: MYSQL, MYSQL-CLIENT, MYSQL-SHARED
"Versions of MySQL prior to 3.23.56 contained a vulnerability which could allow MySQL users to gain root privileges by using "SELECT * INFO OUTFILE" to overwrite a configuration file, causing MySQL to run as root upon its next restart..."
COMPLETE STORY: http://linuxtoday.com/security/2003032401826SCSW
More Security stories: http://linuxtoday.com/security
------------------------------------------------------------------ DEBIAN GNU/LINUX ADVISORY: LPR
"A buffer overflow has been discovered in lpr, a BSD lpr/lpd line printer spooling system..."
COMPLETE STORY: http://linuxtoday.com/security/2003032401626SCDBSW
More Security stories: http://linuxtoday.com/security
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