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TITLE:
GNU Mailutils "sql_escape_string()" SQL Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA15588

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15588/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Manipulation of data

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
GNU Mailutils 0.x
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DESCRIPTION:
Primoz Bratanic has reported a vulnerability in GNU Mailutils, which
potentially can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL
injection attacks.

The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error in the
function "sql_escape_string()" in "auth/sql.c" where the backslash
character is not properly escaped. This can be exploited to bypass
the SQL injection protection and potentially manipulate SQL queries
by injecting arbitrary SQL code.

SOLUTION:
Disable database support in GNU Mailutils.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Primoz Bratanic

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Gentoo:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-02.xml

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