-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2921-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Yves-Alexis Perez May 04, 2014 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : xbuffy CVE ID : CVE-2014-0469 Michael Niedermayer discovered a vulnerability in xbuffy, an utility for displaying message count in mailbox and newsgroup accounts. By sending carefully crafted messages to a mail or news account monitored by xbuffy, an attacker can trigger a stack-based buffer overflow, leading to xbuffy crash or even remote code execution. For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 3.3.bl.3.dfsg-8+deb6u1. For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 3.3.bl.3.dfsg-8+deb7u1. For the testing distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 3.3.bl.3.dfsg-9. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 3.3.bl.3.dfsg-9. We recommend that you upgrade your xbuffy packages. Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: [email protected]
Debian: DSA-2921-1: xbuffy security update
May 4, 2014
Michael Niedermayer discovered a vulnerability in xbuffy, an utility for displaying message count in mailbox and newsgroup accounts
Summary
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Debian Security Advisory DSA-2921-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Yves-Alexis Perez May 04, 2014 https://www.debian.org/security/faq Michael Niedermayer discovered a vulnerability in xbuffy, an utility for displaying message count in mailbox and newsgroup accounts. By sending carefully crafted messages to a mail or news account monitored by xbuffy, an attacker can trigger a stack-based buffer overflow, leading to xbuffy crash or even remote code execution. For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 3.3.bl.3.dfsg-8+deb6u1. For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 3.3.bl.3.dfsg-8+deb7u1. For the testing distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 3.3.bl.3.dfsg-9. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 3.3.bl.3.dfsg-9. We recommend that you upgrade your xbuffy packages. Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: [email protected]
Severity
Package : xbuffy
CVE ID : CVE-2014-0469