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Added: glsa-200710-29.xml |
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GLSA 200710-29 |
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1.1 xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-29.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-29.xml?rev=1.1&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-29.xml?rev=1.1&content-type=text/plain |
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Index: glsa-200710-29.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> |
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> |
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> |
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> |
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<glsa id="200710-29"> |
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<title>Sylpheed, Claws Mail: User-assisted remote execution of arbitrary code</title> |
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<synopsis> |
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A format string error has been discovered in Sylpheed and Claws Mail, |
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potentially leading to the remote execution of arbitrary code. |
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</synopsis> |
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<product type="ebuild">sylpheed claws-mail</product> |
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<announced>October 25, 2007</announced> |
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<revised>October 25, 2007: 01</revised> |
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<bug>190104</bug> |
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<access>remote</access> |
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<affected> |
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<package name="mail-client/sylpheed" auto="yes" arch="*"> |
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<unaffected range="ge">2.4.5</unaffected> |
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<vulnerable range="lt">2.4.5</vulnerable> |
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</package> |
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<package name="mail-client/claws-mail" auto="yes" arch="*"> |
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<unaffected range="ge">3.0.0</unaffected> |
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<vulnerable range="lt">3.0.0</vulnerable> |
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</package> |
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</affected> |
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<background> |
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<p> |
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Sylpheed and Claws Mail are two GTK based e-mail clients. |
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</p> |
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</background> |
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<description> |
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<p> |
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Ulf Harnhammar from Secunia Research discovered a format string error |
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in the inc_put_error() function in file src/inc.c. |
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</p> |
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</description> |
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<impact type="normal"> |
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<p> |
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A remote attacker could entice a user to connect to a malicious POP |
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server sending specially crafted replies, possibly resulting in the |
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execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the |
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application. |
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</p> |
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</impact> |
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<workaround> |
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<p> |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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</p> |
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</workaround> |
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<resolution> |
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<p> |
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All Sylpheed users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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</p> |
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<code> |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/sylpheed-2.4.5"</code> |
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<p> |
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All Claws Mail users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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</p> |
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<code> |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/claws-mail-3.0.0"</code> |
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</resolution> |
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<references> |
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2958">CVE-2007-2958</uri> |
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</references> |
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:54:19 +0000"> |
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rbu |
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</metadata> |
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 08 Oct 2007 02:57:28 +0000"> |
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rbu |
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</metadata> |
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:46:46 +0000"> |
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p-y |
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</metadata> |
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</glsa> |
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