Gentoo: qpopper buffer overflow vulnerability
Under certain conditions it is possible to execute arbitrary code using a buffer overflow in the recent qpopper.
Summary
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- From advisory:
"Under certain conditions it is possible to execute arbitrary code using a buffer overflow in the recent qpopper.
You need a valid username/password-combination and code is (depending on the setup) usually executed with the user's uid and gid mail."
Read the full advisory at: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=104739841223916&w=2
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running net-mail/qpopper upgrade to qpopper-4.0.5 as follows:
emerge sync emerge qpopper emerge clean
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4.0.5
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PACKAGE : qpopper
SUMMARY : buffer overflow
DATE : 2003-03-17 09:50 UTC
EXPLOIT : remote
VERSIONS AFFECTED : <4.0.5 : fixed version>=4.0.5
CVE : CAN-2003-0143
