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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200211-001 |
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PACKAGE : MailTools |
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SUMMARY : remote command execution |
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DATE : 2002-11-06 14:11 UTC |
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EXPLOIT : remote |
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The SuSE Security Team reviewed critical Perl modules, including the |
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Mail::Mailer package. This package contains a security hole which allows |
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remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands in certain circumstances. |
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This is due to the usage of mailx as default mailer which allows commands |
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to be embedded in the mail body. |
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Vulnerable to this attack are custom auto reply programs or spam filters |
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which use Mail::Mailer directly or indirectly. |
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SOLUTION |
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It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running |
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dev-perl/MailTools-1.44-r1 and earlier update their systems as follows: |
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emerge rsync |
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emerge MailTools |
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emerge clean |
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