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                        SuSE Security Announcement

        Package:  pop <= 2000.3.4
        Date:     Thu Jun 08 09:27:54 MEST 2000

        Affected SuSE versions: 6.1-6.4
        Vulnerability Type:     remote compromise
        SuSE default package:   no
        Other affected systems: all unix systems using this package
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A security hole was discovered in the package mentioned above.
Please update it as soon as possible or disable the service if you are using
this software on your SuSE Linux installation(s).

Other Linux distributions or operating systems might be affected as
well, please contact your vendor for information about this issue.

Please note that we provide this information on an "as-is" basis only.
There is no warranty whatsoever and no liability for any direct, indirect or
incidental damage arising from this information or the installation of
the update package.
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1. Problem Description

  The qpop 2.53 does not check the mail header for invalid input.

2. Impact

  An attacker could send a mail with a malicously formated mail header
  to a person, that reveives it's mail via qpop 2.53, to execute code
  with the privileges of user 'mail' at the qpop server.

3. Solution

  Update the package from our FTP server.
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Please verify these md5 checksums of the updates before installing:
(For SuSE 6.0, please use the 6.1 updates)

AXP:
875ffbab8a189ac3360ab663164fabeb  ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/6.3/n1/pop-2000.6.7-0.alpha.rpm
a79256e0063e04172372d5bea0131404  ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/6.3/zq1/pop-2000.6.7-0.src.rpm
a25cc9e62c856cd73ffe5ec87a510b8b  ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/6.4/n1/pop-2000.6.7-0.alpha.rpm
dc7a8b68927ce5d4e292d73389f593b5  ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/6.4/zq1/pop-2000.6.7-0.src.rpm

i386:
e8e3d308985ec977ea5e719b32c28395  ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.2/n1/pop-2000.6.8-0.i386.rpm
5f06d781dea6dc755b34f1079792cd94  ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.2/zq1/pop-2000.6.8-0.src.rpm
5194b24e2e65e0134c379fec72f5a8f2  ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.3/n1/pop-2000.6.7-0.i386.rpm
8b1290376314f54274a7d78f28e128f2  ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.3/zq1/pop-2000.6.7-0.src.rpm
62ec77feca587ff202a5f8b49f854576  ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.4/n1/pop-2000.6.7-0.i386.rpm
e15efcd8c79728222628b3f2ac4cfd6a  ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.4/zq1/pop-2000.6.7-0.src.rpm

PPC:
7284e772d644288e65d7ea1baa81e55e  ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/6.3/n1/pop-2000.6.7-0.ppc.rpm
309dc39b97a1aa0c95bbdd93d965db55  ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/6.3/zq1/pop-2000.6.7-0.src.rpm
294182bbdabb63a11807387292419ac0  ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/6.4/n1/pop-2000.6.7-0.ppc.rpm
09bf4786a163c044d4ab3d614e9783f6  ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/6.4/zq1/pop-2000.6.7-0.src.rpm

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You can find updates on our ftp-Server:

  ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update for Intel processors
  ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update  for Alpha processors

or try the following web pages for a list of mirrors:
  http://www.suse.de/ftp.html
  http://www.suse.com/ftp_new.html

Our webpage for patches:
  http://www.suse.de/patches/index.html

Our webpage for security announcements:
  http://www.suse.de/security

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact
  security@suse.de
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