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Gentoo: GLSA-200409-01 High: vpopmail SQL Injection and Code Execution

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Calendar Grey September 1, 2004
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Several security flaws in vpopmail may result in unauthorized execution of code. Prompt update advised.
vpopmail contains several bugs making it vulnerable to several SQL injection exploits as well as one buffer overflow and one format string exploit when using Sybase

Summary

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200409-01
                                            https://security.gentoo.org/

  Severity: High
     Title: vpopmail: Multiple vulnerabilities
      Date: September 01, 2004
      Bugs: #60844
        ID: 200409-01


Synopsis
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vpopmail contains several bugs making it vulnerable to several SQL
injection exploits as well as one buffer overflow and one format
string exploit when using Sybase. This could lead to the execution of
arbitrary code.

Background
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vpopmail handles virtual mail domains for qmail and Postfix.

Affected packages
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     Package            /  Vulnerable  /                    Unaffected
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  1  net-mail/vpopmail       < 5.4.6                          >= 5.4.6

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vpopmail is vul...
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