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Gentoo Linux 200409-32 High Risk: getmail Filesystem Overwrite

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Calendar Grey September 23, 2004
Scroller Gentoo
An important getmail warning for Gentoo highlights a serious risk of directory overwrite vulnerability that threatens the system's integrity.
getmail contains a vulnerability that could potentially allow any local user to create or overwrite files in any directory on the system

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200409-32 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: High Title: getmail: Filesystem overwrite vulnerability Date: September 23, 2004 Bugs: #64643 ID: 200409-32

Synopsis ======= getmail contains a vulnerability that could potentially allow any local user to create or overwrite files in any directory on the system. This flaw can be escalated further and possibly lead to a complete system compromise.
Background ========= getmail is a reliable fetchmail replacement that supports Maildir, Mboxrd and external MDA delivery.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-mail/getmail < 4.2.0 >= 4.2.0
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