MGASA-2017-0392

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    MGASA-2017-0392

    Published: 30 Oct 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated procmail packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: A flaw was found in the loadbuf function in formisc.c. When the buffer is too small, the function tries to resize it, but only by Bsize (=128) bytes. This is not necessarily enough and could cause denial of service.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0392.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21885, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/DKF7SN6RKVFTADUVEPX2ZA5USDIVPKEA/, https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=876511

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: procmail

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/procmail?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.22-23.1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
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    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High