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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200504-02">
+ <title>Sylpheed, Sylpheed-claws: Buffer overflow on message display</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ Sylpheed and Sylpheed-claws contain a vulnerability that can be triggered
+ when displaying messages with specially crafted attachments.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">sylpheed</product>
+ <announced>2005-04-02</announced>
+ <revised count="01">2005-04-02</revised>
+ <bug>86541</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="mail-client/sylpheed" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.0.4</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">1.0.4</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ <package name="mail-client/sylpheed-claws" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.0.4</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">1.0.4</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ Sylpheed is a lightweight email client and newsreader.
+ Sylpheed-claws is a 'bleeding edge' version of Sylpheed.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Sylpheed and Sylpheed-claws fail to properly handle messages
+ containing attachments with MIME-encoded filenames.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ 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.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All Sylpheed users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=mail-client/sylpheed-1.0.4"</code>
+ <p>
+ All Sylpheed-claws users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=mail-client/sylpheed-claws-1.0.4"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="http://sylpheed.good-day.net/#changes">Sylpheed ChangeLog</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-03-31T08:06:56Z">
+ koon
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-03-31T08:07:15Z">
+ koon
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>