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2.4 KiB
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74 lines
2.4 KiB
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<?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="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>2007-10-25</announced>
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<revised count="01">2007-10-25</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="https://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="2007-10-08T00:54:19Z">
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rbu
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2007-10-08T02:57:28Z">
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rbu
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2007-10-09T18:46:46Z">
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p-y
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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