<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200509-10"> <title>Mailutils: Format string vulnerability in imap4d</title> <synopsis> The imap4d server contains a vulnerability allowing an authenticated user to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the imap4d process. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">mailutils</product> <announced>2005-09-17</announced> <revised count="02">2006-05-22</revised> <bug>105458</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="net-mail/mailutils" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">0.6-r2</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">0.6-r2</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> The GNU Mailutils are a collection of mail-related utilities, including an IMAP4 server (imap4d). </p> </background> <description> <p> The imap4d server contains a format string bug in the handling of IMAP SEARCH requests. </p> </description> <impact type="high"> <p> An authenticated IMAP user could exploit the format string error in imap4d to execute arbitrary code as the imap4d user, which is usually root. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There are no known workarounds at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All GNU Mailutils users should upgrade to the latest available version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-mail/mailutils-0.6-r2"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=303&type=vulnerabilities">iDEFENSE 09.09.05 advisory</uri> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2878">CVE-2005-2878</uri> </references> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-09-15T13:42:03Z"> koon </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-09-15T13:42:17Z"> koon </metadata> </glsa>