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Gentoo: GLSA-200603-04 Normal: IMAP Proxy Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey March 6, 2006
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Uncover vulnerabilities within Gentoo's IMAP Proxy related to format strings and implement strategies for robust remediation.
Format string vulnerabilities in IMAP Proxy may lead to the execution of arbitrary code when connected to malicious IMAP servers.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200603-04 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: IMAP Proxy: Format string vulnerabilities Date: March 06, 2006 Bugs: #107679 ID: 200603-04

Synopsis ======= Format string vulnerabilities in IMAP Proxy may lead to the execution of arbitrary code when connected to malicious IMAP servers.
Background ========= IMAP Proxy (also known as up-imapproxy) proxies IMAP transactions between an IMAP client and an IMAP server.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-mail/up-imapproxy < 1.2.4 >= 1.2.4
========== Steve Kemp discovered two format string errors in IMAP Proxy.
Impact ===== A remote attacker could de...

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