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From: Stefan Cornelius <dercorny@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200603-16 ] Metamail: Buffer overflow
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 18:50:17
Message-Id: 200603171929.05918.dercorny@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200603-16
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7 Severity: High
8 Title: Metamail: Buffer overflow
9 Date: March 17, 2006
10 Bugs: #126052
11 ID: 200603-16
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15 Synopsis
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18 A buffer overflow in Metamail could possibly be exploited to execute
19 arbitrary code.
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21 Background
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24 Metamail is a program that decodes MIME encoded mail.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 net-mail/metamail < 2.7.45.3-r1 >= 2.7.45.3-r1
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34 Description
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37 Ulf Harnhammar discovered a buffer overflow in Metamail when processing
38 mime boundraries.
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40 Impact
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43 By sending a specially crafted email, attackers could potentially
44 exploit this vulnerability to crash Metamail or to execute arbitrary
45 code.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All Metamail users should update to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-mail/metamail-2.7.45.3-r1"
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60 References
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63 [ 1 ] CVE-2006-0709
64 http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0709
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66 Availability
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69 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
70 the Gentoo Security Website:
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72 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200603-16.xml
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74 Concerns?
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77 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
78 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
79 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
80 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
81 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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83 License
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86 Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
87 belongs to its owner(s).
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89 The contents of this document are licensed under the
90 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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92 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0