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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200406-11 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: Horde-IMP: Input validation vulnerability |
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Date: June 16, 2004 |
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Bugs: #53862 |
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ID: 200406-11 |
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Synopsis |
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An input validation vulnerability has been discovered in Horde-IMP. |
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Background |
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Horde-IMP is the Internet Messaging Program. It is written in PHP and |
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provides webmail access to IMAP and POP3 accounts. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 net-www/horde-imp <= 3.2.3 >= 3.2.4 |
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Description |
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Horde-IMP fails to properly sanitize email messages that contain |
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malicious HTML or script code. |
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Impact |
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By enticing a user to read a specially crafted e-mail, an attacker can |
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execute arbitrary scripts running in the context of the victim's |
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browser. This could lead to a compromise of the user's webmail account, |
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cookie theft, etc. |
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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 Horde-IMP users should upgrade to the latest stable version: |
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# emerge sync |
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# emerge -pv ">=horde-imp-3.2.4" |
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# emerge ">=horde-imp-3.2.4" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] Bugtraq Announcement |
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10501 |
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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-200406-11.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 2004 Gentoo Technologies, 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/1.0 |