Gentoo: GLSA-200408-19 High: Remote Format String Attack in Courier-IMAP
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August 19, 2004
There is a format string vulnerability in non-standard configurations of courier-imapd which may be exploited remotely
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200408-19
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: High
Title: courier-imap: Remote Format String Vulnerability
Date: August 19, 2004
Bugs: #60865
ID: 200408-19
Synopsis
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There is a format string vulnerability in non-standard configurations
of courier-imapd which may be exploited remotely. An attacker may be
able to execute arbitrary code as the user running courier-imapd
(oftentimes root).
Background
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Courier-IMAP is an IMAP server which is part of the Courier mail
system. It provides access only to maildirs.
Affected packages
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1 net-mail/courier-imap <= 3.0.2-r1 >= 3.0.5
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