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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200507-21.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200507-21.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..5ef8eb0800c5 --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200507-21.xml @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="200507-21"> + <title>fetchmail: Buffer Overflow</title> + <synopsis> + fetchmail is susceptible to a buffer overflow resulting in a Denial of + Service or arbitrary code execution. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">fetchmail</product> + <announced>2005-07-25</announced> + <revised count="01">2005-07-25</revised> + <bug>99865</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="net-mail/fetchmail" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">6.2.5.2</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">6.2.5.2</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + fetchmail is a utility that retrieves and forwards mail from + remote systems using IMAP, POP, and other protocols. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + fetchmail does not properly validate UIDs coming from a POP3 mail + server. The UID is placed in a fixed length buffer on the stack, which + can be overflown. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + Very long UIDs returned from a malicious or compromised POP3 + server can cause fetchmail to crash, resulting in a Denial of Service, + or allow arbitrary code to be placed on the stack. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There are no known workarounds at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All fetchmail users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-mail/fetchmail-6.2.5.2"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2005-01.txt">Fetchmail Security Advisory</uri> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2335">CAN-2005-2335</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-07-22T05:37:13Z"> + r2d2 + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-07-24T07:43:36Z"> + adir + </metadata> +</glsa> |