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From: Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen <jaervosz@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200611-22 ] Ingo H3: Folder name shell command injection
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 09:53:15
Message-Id: 200611270907.07007.jaervosz@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200611-22
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Ingo H3: Folder name shell command injection
9 Date: November 27, 2006
10 Bugs: #153927
11 ID: 200611-22
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15 Synopsis
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18 Ingo H3 is vulnerable to arbitrary shell command execution when
19 handling procmail rules.
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21 Background
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24 Ingo H3 is a generic frontend for editing Sieve, procmail, maildrop and
25 IMAP filter rules.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 www-apps/horde-ingo < 1.1.2 >= 1.1.2
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35 Description
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38 Ingo H3 fails to properly escape shell metacharacters in procmail
39 rules.
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41 Impact
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44 A remote authenticated attacker could craft a malicious rule which
45 could lead to the execution of arbitrary shell commands on the server.
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47 Workaround
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50 Don't use procmail with Ingo H3.
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52 Resolution
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55 All Ingo H3 users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/horde-ingo-1.1.2"
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60 References
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63 [ 1 ] CVE-2006-5449
64 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5449
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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-200611-22.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
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92 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5