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[ GLSA 200504-02 ] Sylpheed, Sylpheed-claws: Buffer overflow on message display
From: Thierry Carrez <koon () gentoo org>
Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2005 12:37:07 +0200
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200504-02 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: Sylpheed, Sylpheed-claws: Buffer overflow on message display Date: April 02, 2005 Bugs: #86541 ID: 200504-02 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Sylpheed and Sylpheed-claws contain a vulnerability that can be triggered when displaying messages with specially crafted attachments. Background ========== Sylpheed is a lightweight email client and newsreader. Sylpheed-claws is a 'bleeding edge' version of Sylpheed. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 mail-client/sylpheed < 1.0.4 >= 1.0.4 2 mail-client/sylpheed-claws < 1.0.4 >= 1.0.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Description =========== Sylpheed and Sylpheed-claws fail to properly handle messages containing attachments with MIME-encoded filenames. Impact ====== An attacker can send a malicious email message which, when displayed, would cause the program to crash, potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the software. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All Sylpheed users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/sylpheed-1.0.4" All Sylpheed-claws users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/sylpheed-claws-1.0.4" References ========== [ 1 ] Sylpheed ChangeLog http://sylpheed.good-day.net/#changes Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200504-02.xml Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security () gentoo org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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