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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200505-17
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: Qpopper: Multiple Vulnerabilities
      Date: May 23, 2005
      Bugs: #90622
        ID: 200505-17

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Synopsis
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Qpopper contains two vulnerabilities allowing an attacker to overwrite
arbitrary files and create files with insecure permissions.

Background
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Qpopper is a widely used server for the POP3 protocol.

Affected packages
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     Package           /  Vulnerable  /                     Unaffected
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  1  net-mail/qpopper     < 4.0.5-r3                       >= 4.0.5-r3

Description
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Jens Steube discovered that Qpopper doesn't drop privileges to process
local files from normal users (CAN-2005-1151). The upstream developersdiscovered that Qpopper can be forced to create group or world
writeable files (CAN-2005-1152).

Impact
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A malicious local attacker could exploit Qpopper to overwrite arbitrary
files as root or create new files which are group or world writeable.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Qpopper users should upgrade to the latest available version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-mail/qpopper-4.0.5-r3"

References
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  [ 1 ] CAN-2005-1151
          [ 2 ] CAN-2005-1152
        
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200505-17

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org/.

License
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/