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From: Matthias Geerdsen <vorlon@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@g.o
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200804-24 ] DBmail: Data disclosure
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:38:07
Message-Id: 48092EF7.7080508@gentoo.org
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7 Severity: Low
8 Title: DBmail: Data disclosure
9 Date: April 18, 2008
10 Bugs: #218154
11 ID: 200804-24
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15 Synopsis
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18 A vulnerability in DBMail could allow for passwordless login to any
19 account under certain configurations.
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21 Background
22 ==========
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24 DBMail is a mail storage and retrieval daemon that uses SQL databases
25 as its data store. IMAP and POP3 can be used to retrieve mails from the
26 database.
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28 Affected packages
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32 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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34 1 net-mail/dbmail < 2.2.9 >= 2.2.9
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36 Description
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39 A vulnerability in DBMail's authldap module when used in conjunction
40 with an Active Directory server has been reported by vugluskr. When
41 passing a zero length password to the module, it tries to bind
42 anonymously to the LDAP server. If the LDAP server allows anonymous
43 binds, this bind succeeds and results in a successful authentication to
44 DBMail.
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46 Impact
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49 By passing an empty password string to the server, an attacker could be
50 able to log in to any account.
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52 Workaround
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55 There is no known workaround at this time.
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57 Resolution
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60 All DBMail users should upgrade to the latest version:
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62 # emerge --sync
63 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-mail/dbmail-2.2.9"
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65 References
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68 [ 1 ] CVE-2007-6714
69 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6714
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71 Availability
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74 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
75 the Gentoo Security Website:
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77 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-24.xml
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79 Concerns?
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82 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
83 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
84 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
85 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
86 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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88 License
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91 Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
92 belongs to its owner(s).
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94 The contents of this document are licensed under the
95 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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97 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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