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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200508-03">
+ <title>nbSMTP: Format string vulnerability</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ nbSMTP is vulnerable to a format string vulnerability which may result in
+ remote execution of arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">nbsmtp</product>
+ <announced>2005-08-02</announced>
+ <revised count="02">2005-08-11</revised>
+ <bug>100274</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="mail-mta/nbsmtp" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.00</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">1.00</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ nbSMTP is an SMTP client suitable to run in chroot jails, in embedded
+ systems, laptops and workstations.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Niels Heinen discovered a format string vulnerability.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ An attacker can setup a malicious SMTP server and exploit this
+ vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the
+ user running nbSMTP.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All nbSMTP users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=mail-mta/nbsmtp-1.0"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2409">CAN-2005-2409</uri>
+ <uri link="https://nbsmtp.ferdyx.org/">nbSMTP official site</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2005-07-29T15:56:07Z">
+ koon
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-07-29T23:01:19Z">
+ adir
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-08-02T12:46:50Z">
+ koon
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>