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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200505-20">
+ <title>Mailutils: Multiple vulnerabilities in imap4d and mail</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ The imap4d server and the mail utility from GNU Mailutils contain multiple
+ vulnerabilities, potentially allowing a remote attacker to execute
+ arbitrary code with root privileges.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">mailutils</product>
+ <announced>2005-05-27</announced>
+ <revised>2005-05-27: 01</revised>
+ <bug>94053</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="net-mail/mailutils" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">0.6-r1</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">0.6-r1</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ GNU Mailutils is a collection of mail-related utilities, including
+ an IMAP4 server (imap4d) and a Mail User Agent (mail).
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ infamous41d discovered several vulnerabilities in GNU Mailutils.
+ imap4d does not correctly implement formatted printing of command tags
+ (CAN-2005-1523), fails to validate the range sequence of the "FETCH"
+ command (CAN-2005-1522), and contains an integer overflow in the
+ "fetch_io" routine (CAN-2005-1521). mail contains a buffer overflow in
+ "header_get_field_name()" (CAN-2005-1520).
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="high">
+ <p>
+ A remote attacker can exploit the format string and integer
+ overflow in imap4d to execute arbitrary code as the imap4d user, which
+ is usually root. By sending a specially crafted email message, a remote
+ attacker could exploit the buffer overflow in the "mail" utility to
+ execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user running mail.
+ Finally, a remote attacker can also trigger a Denial of Service by
+ sending a malicious FETCH command to an affected imap4d, causing
+ excessive resource consumption.
+ </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 "&gt;=net-mail/mailutils-0.6-r1"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1520">CAN-2005-1520</uri>
+ <uri link="https://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1521">CAN-2005-1521</uri>
+ <uri link="https://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1522">CAN-2005-1522</uri>
+ <uri link="https://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1523">CAN-2005-1523</uri>
+ <uri link="http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?type=vulnerabilities&amp;showYear=2005">iDEFENSE 05.25.05 advisories</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-05-26T13:21:14Z">
+ DerCorny
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-05-27T07:50:06Z">
+ koon
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>