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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200504-02 |
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http://security.gentoo.org/ |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: Sylpheed, Sylpheed-claws: Buffer overflow on message |
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Date: April 02, 2005 |
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Bugs: #86541 |
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ID: 200504-02 |
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Synopsis |
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Sylpheed and Sylpheed-claws contain a vulnerability that can be |
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triggered when displaying messages with specially crafted attachments. |
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Background |
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Sylpheed is a lightweight email client and newsreader. Sylpheed-claws |
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is a 'bleeding edge' version of Sylpheed. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 mail-client/sylpheed < 1.0.4 >= 1.0.4 |
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2 mail-client/sylpheed-claws < 1.0.4 >= 1.0.4 |
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2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures. |
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Description |
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Sylpheed and Sylpheed-claws fail to properly handle messages containing |
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attachments with MIME-encoded filenames. |
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Impact |
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An attacker can send a malicious email message which, when displayed, |
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would cause the program to crash, potentially allowing the execution of |
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arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the software. |
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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-1.0.4" |
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All Sylpheed-claws users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/sylpheed-claws-1.0.4" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] Sylpheed ChangeLog |
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http://sylpheed.good-day.net/#changes |
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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-200504-02.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 2005 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/2.0 |