glsa-200511-13.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">

<glsa id="200511-13">
  <title>Sylpheed, Sylpheed-Claws: Buffer overflow in LDIF importer</title>
  <synopsis>
    Sylpheed and Sylpheed-Claws contain a buffer overflow vulnerability which
    may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">sylpheed sylpheed-claws</product>
  <announced>November 15, 2005</announced>
  <revised>November 15, 2005: 01</revised>
  <bug>111853</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="mail-client/sylpheed" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.0.4</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.0.4</vulnerable>
    </package>
    <package name="mail-client/sylpheed-claws" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.0.5-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.0.5-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    Sylpheed is a lightweight email client and newsreader.
    Sylpheed-Claws is a 'bleeding edge' version of Sylpheed. They both
    support the import of address books in LDIF (Lightweight Directory
    Interchange Format).
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Colin Leroy reported buffer overflow vulnerabilities in Sylpheed
    and Sylpheed-Claws. The LDIF importer uses a fixed length buffer to
    store data of variable length. Two similar problems exist also in the
    Mutt and Pine addressbook importers of Sylpheed-Claws.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    By convincing a user to import a specially-crafted LDIF file into
    the address book, a remote attacker could 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 &quot;&gt;=mail-client/sylpheed-2.0.4&quot;</code>
    <p>
    All Sylpheed-Claws users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=mail-client/sylpheed-claws-1.0.5-r1&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3354">CVE-2005-3354</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sun, 13 Nov 2005 17:42:22 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 13 Nov 2005 18:10:25 +0000">
    adir
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 15 Nov 2005 08:35:12 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
</glsa>