Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201512-13
=========================================
Severity: High
Date    : 2015-12-22
CVE-ID  : CVE-2015-8614
Package : claws-mail
Type    : buffer overflow
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Summary
======
The package claws-mail before version 3.13.1-1 is vulnerable to a
remotely triggerable buffer overflow.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 3.13.1-1.

# pacman -Syu "claws-mail>=3.13.1-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 3.13.1.

Workaround
=========
None.

Description
==========
A remotely triggerable buffer overflow has been found in the code of
claws-mail handling character conversion, in functions conv_jistoeuc(),
 conv_euctojis() and conv_sjistoeuc(), in codeconv.c.
There was no bounds checking on buffers passed to these functions, some
stack-based but other potentially heap-based.
This issue has been located in the wild and might currently be exploited.

Impact
=====
A remote attacker might be able to execute arbitrary code on the
affected host by sending a crafted e-mail to a clasw-mail user.

References
=========
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8614
https://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
https://git.claws-mail.org/;a=blobdiff;f=src/codeconv.c;h=39e259fc6bf31c9f89a591ec5e830fb6de1b3be0;hp=42ac01c21ae7f043db3ba5a6698cc6688af5d298;hb=d390fa07f5548f3173dd9cc13b233db5ce934c82;hpb=03500608c823556578c8ea6fcdb33100fa717ec4

ArchLinux: 201512-13: claws-mail: buffer overflow

December 22, 2015

Summary

A remotely triggerable buffer overflow has been found in the code of claws-mail handling character conversion, in functions conv_jistoeuc(), conv_euctojis() and conv_sjistoeuc(), in codeconv.c. There was no bounds checking on buffers passed to these functions, some stack-based but other potentially heap-based. This issue has been located in the wild and might currently be exploited.

Resolution

Upgrade to 3.13.1-1. # pacman -Syu "claws-mail>=3.13.1-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 3.13.1.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8614 https://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi https://git.claws-mail.org/;a=blobdiff;f=src/codeconv.c;h=39e259fc6bf31c9f89a591ec5e830fb6de1b3be0;hp=42ac01c21ae7f043db3ba5a6698cc6688af5d298;hb=d390fa07f5548f3173dd9cc13b233db5ce934c82;hpb=03500608c823556578c8ea6fcdb33100fa717ec4

Severity
Package : claws-mail
Type : buffer overflow
Remote : Yes
Link : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Workaround

None.

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