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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200710-29 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: Sylpheed, Claws Mail: User-assisted remote execution of |
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arbitrary code |
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Date: October 25, 2007 |
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Bugs: #190104 |
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ID: 200710-29 |
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Synopsis |
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A format string error has been discovered in Sylpheed and Claws Mail, |
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potentially leading to the remote execution of arbitrary code. |
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Background |
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Sylpheed and Claws Mail are two GTK based e-mail clients. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 mail-client/sylpheed < 2.4.5 >= 2.4.5 |
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2 mail-client/claws-mail < 3.0.0 >= 3.0.0 |
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2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures. |
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Description |
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Ulf Harnhammar from Secunia Research discovered a format string error |
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in the inc_put_error() function in file src/inc.c. |
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Impact |
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A remote attacker could entice a user to connect to a malicious POP |
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server sending specially crafted replies, possibly resulting in the |
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execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the |
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application. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All Sylpheed users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/sylpheed-2.4.5" |
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All Claws Mail users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/claws-mail-3.0.0" |
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References |
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========== |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2007-2958 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2958 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-29.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |