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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-201006-12.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-201006-12.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..66ac9eed7ffa --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-201006-12.xml @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="201006-12"> + <title>Fetchmail: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> + <synopsis> + Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Fetchmail, allowing remote + attackers to execute arbitrary code or to conduct Man-in-the-Middle + attacks. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">fetchmail</product> + <announced>2010-06-01</announced> + <revised count="01">2010-06-01</revised> + <bug>280537</bug> + <bug>307761</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="net-mail/fetchmail" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">6.3.14</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">6.3.14</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Fetchmail is a remote mail retrieval and forwarding utility. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Fetchmail: + </p> + <ul> + <li>The sdump() function might trigger a heap-based buffer overflow + during the escaping of non-printable characters with the high bit set + from an X.509 certificate (CVE-2010-0562).</li> + <li>The vendor reported + that Fetchmail does not properly handle Common Name (CN) fields in + X.509 certificates that contain an ASCII NUL character. Specifically, + the processing of such fields is stopped at the first occurrence of a + NUL character. This type of vulnerability was recently discovered by + Dan Kaminsky and Moxie Marlinspike (CVE-2009-2666).</li> + </ul> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A remote attacker could entice a user to connect with Fetchmail to a + specially crafted SSL-enabled server in verbose mode, possibly + resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the + user running the application. NOTE: The issue is only existent on + platforms on which char is signed. + </p> + <p> + Furthermore, a remote attacker might employ a specially crafted X.509 + certificate, containing a NUL character in the Common Name field to + conduct man-in-the-middle attacks on SSL connections made using + Fetchmail. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround 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-6.3.14"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-0562">CVE-2010-0562</uri> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2666">CVE-2009-2666</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2010-03-29T22:13:20Z"> + craig + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2010-04-11T12:34:40Z"> + craig + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2010-05-27T17:49:00Z"> + vorlon + </metadata> +</glsa> |