metadata/glsa/glsa-200509-10.xml

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<glsa id="200509-10">
  <title>Mailutils: Format string vulnerability in imap4d</title>
  <synopsis>
    The imap4d server contains a vulnerability allowing an authenticated user
    to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the imap4d process.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">mailutils</product>
  <announced>September 17, 2005</announced>
  <revised>May 22, 2006: 02</revised>
  <bug>105458</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-mail/mailutils" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">0.6-r2</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">0.6-r2</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    The GNU Mailutils are a collection of mail-related utilities, including
    an IMAP4 server (imap4d).
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    The imap4d server contains a format string bug in the handling of IMAP
    SEARCH requests.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="high">
    <p>
    An authenticated IMAP user could exploit the format string error in
    imap4d to execute arbitrary code as the imap4d user, which is usually
    root.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There are no known workarounds at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All GNU Mailutils users should upgrade to the latest available version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=net-mail/mailutils-0.6-r2&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=303&amp;type=vulnerabilities">iDEFENSE 09.09.05 advisory</uri>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2878">CVE-2005-2878</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:42:03 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:42:17 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
</glsa>