67 lines
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67 lines
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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="200508-03">
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<title>nbSMTP: Format string vulnerability</title>
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<synopsis>
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nbSMTP is vulnerable to a format string vulnerability which may result in
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remote execution of arbitrary code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">nbsmtp</product>
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<announced>August 02, 2005</announced>
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<revised>August 11, 2005: 02</revised>
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<bug>100274</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="mail-mta/nbsmtp" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">1.00</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">1.00</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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nbSMTP is an SMTP client suitable to run in chroot jails, in embedded
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systems, laptops and workstations.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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Niels Heinen discovered a format string vulnerability.
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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 can setup a malicious SMTP server and exploit this
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vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the
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user running nbSMTP.
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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 nbSMTP 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-mta/nbsmtp-1.0"</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=CAN-2005-2409">CAN-2005-2409</uri>
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<uri link="http://nbsmtp.ferdyx.org/">nbSMTP official site</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Fri, 29 Jul 2005 15:56:07 +0000">
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koon
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 29 Jul 2005 23:01:19 +0000">
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adir
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:46:50 +0000">
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koon
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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