[ GLSA 200511-13 ] Sylpheed, Sylpheed-Claws: Buffer overflow in LDIF importer

[Thierry Carrez <koon () gentoo org>]

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200511-13
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: Sylpheed, Sylpheed-Claws: Buffer overflow in LDIF importer
      Date: November 15, 2005
      Bugs: #111853
        ID: 200511-13

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Synopsis
========

Sylpheed and Sylpheed-Claws contain a buffer overflow vulnerability
which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Background
==========

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).

Affected packages
=================

    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     Package                     /  Vulnerable  /           Unaffected
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
  1  mail-client/sylpheed             < 2.0.4                 >= 2.0.4
  2  mail-client/sylpheed-claws     < 1.0.5-r1             >= 1.0.5-r1
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.
    -------------------------------------------------------------------

Description
===========

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.

Impact
======

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.

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All Sylpheed users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/sylpheed-2.0.4"

All Sylpheed-Claws users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
">=mail-client/sylpheed-claws-1.0.5-r1"

References
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2005-3354
        http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3354

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200511-13.xml

Concerns?
=========

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security () gentoo org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

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