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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 200503-26

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 200503-26
Posted Mar 22, 2005
Authored by Gentoo | Site security.gentoo.org

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200503-26 - Sylpheed and Sylpheed-claws fail to properly handle non-ASCII characters in email headers when composing reply messages. Versions less than 1.0.3 are affected.

tags | advisory
systems | linux, gentoo
advisories | CVE-2005-0667
SHA-256 | b7067bae00d3c3ec4e9cae4b2ec45b16494bb2966c073bcd28d6aeb03caa868d

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 200503-26

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Severity: Normal
Title: Sylpheed, Sylpheed-claws: Message reply overflow
Date: March 20, 2005
Bugs: #84056
ID: 200503-26

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Synopsis
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Sylpheed and Sylpheed-claws contain a vulnerability that can be
triggered when replying to specially crafted messages.

Background
==========

Sylpheed is a lightweight email client and newsreader. Sylpheed-claws
is a 'bleeding edge' version of Sylpheed.

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

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
-------------------------------------------------------------------
1 mail-client/sylpheed < 1.0.3 >= 1.0.3
2 mail-client/sylpheed-claws < 1.0.3 >= 1.0.3
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2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.
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Description
===========

Sylpheed and Sylpheed-claws fail to properly handle non-ASCII
characters in email headers when composing reply messages.

Impact
======

An attacker can send an email containing a malicious non-ASCII header
which, when replied to, would 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-1.0.3"

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

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/sylpheed-claws-1.0.3"

References
==========

[ 1 ] Sylpheed ChangeLog
http://sylpheed.good-day.net/#changes
[ 2 ] CAN-2005-0667
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0667

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

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

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200503-26.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
=======

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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