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78 lines
2.4 KiB
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200502-20">
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<title>Emacs, XEmacs: Format string vulnerabilities in movemail</title>
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<synopsis>
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The movemail utility shipped with Emacs and XEmacs contains several format
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string vulnerabilities, potentially leading to the execution of arbitrary
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code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">Emacs</product>
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<announced>2005-02-15</announced>
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<revised count="02">2006-07-23</revised>
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<bug>79686</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="app-editors/emacs" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">21.4</unaffected>
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<unaffected range="lt">19</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">21.4</vulnerable>
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</package>
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<package name="app-editors/xemacs" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">21.4.15-r3</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">21.4.15-r3</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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GNU Emacs and XEmacs are highly extensible and customizable text
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editors. movemail is an Emacs utility that can fetch mail on remote
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mail servers.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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Max Vozeler discovered that the movemail utility contains several
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format string errors.
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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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An attacker could set up a malicious POP server and entice a user to
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connect to it using movemail, resulting in the execution of arbitrary
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code with the rights of the victim user.
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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 Emacs 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 ">=app-editors/emacs-21.4"</code>
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<p>
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All XEmacs 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 ">=app-editors/xemacs-21.4.15-r3"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0100">CAN-2005-0100</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2005-02-11T15:36:27Z">
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koon
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-02-15T16:06:08Z">
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koon
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-02-15T16:06:17Z">
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koon
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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