67 lines
2.3 KiB
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67 lines
2.3 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="200403-05">
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<title>UUDeview MIME Buffer Overflow</title>
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<synopsis>
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A specially-crafted MIME file (.mim, .uue, .uu, .b64, .bhx, .hqx, and .xxe
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extensions) may cause UUDeview to crash or execute arbitrary code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">UUDeview</product>
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<announced>2004-03-26</announced>
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<revised count="01">2004-03-26</revised>
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<bug>44859</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="app-text/uudeview" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">0.5.20</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">0.5.20</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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UUDeview is a program which is used to transmit binary files over the
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Internet in a text-only format. It is commonly used for email and Usenet
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attachments. It supports multiple encoding formats, including Base64,
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BinHex and UUEncoding.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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By decoding a MIME archive with excessively long strings for various
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parameters, it is possible to crash UUDeview, or cause it to execute
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arbitrary code.
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</p>
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<p>
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This vulnerability was originally reported by iDEFENSE as part of a WinZip
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advisory [ Reference: 1 ].
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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 create a specially-crafted MIME file and send it via
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email. When recipient decodes the file, UUDeview may execute arbitrary code
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which is embedded in the MIME file, thus granting the attacker access to
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the recipient's account.
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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. As a result, a software upgrade
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is required and users should upgrade to uudeview 0.5.20.
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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 users should upgrade to uudeview 0.5.20:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge sync
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# emerge -pv ">=app-text/uudeview-0.5.20"
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# emerge ">=app-text/uudeview-0.5.20"
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</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=76&type=vulnerabilities">iDEFENSE advisory</uri>
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<uri link="http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9758">SecurityFocus advisory</uri>
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</references>
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</glsa>
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