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Debian: DSA-2921-1 Critical: Xbuffy Buffer Overflow Exploit

Michael Niedermayer discovered a vulnerability in xbuffy, an utility for displaying message count in mailbox and newsgroup accounts. By sending carefully crafted messages to a mail or news account . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2921-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. http://www.debian.org/security/ Yves-Alexis Perez May 04, 2014 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : xbuffy CVE ID : CVE-2014-0469 Michael Niedermayer discovered a vulnerability in xbuffy, an utility for displaying message count in mailbox and newsgroup accounts. By sending carefully crafted messages to a mail or news account monitored by xbuffy, an attacker can trigger a stack-based buffer overflow, leading to xbuffy crash or even remote code execution. For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 3.3.bl.3.dfsg-8+deb6u1. For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 3.3.bl.3.dfsg-8+deb7u1. For the testing distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 3.3.bl.3.dfsg-9. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 3.3.bl.3.dfsg-9. We recommend that you upgrade your xbuffy packages. Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: http://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Debian DSA-2922-1 resolves a vulnerability in xyzapp that permits remote access through a buffer overflow exploit. Immediate update is advised.. Debian Security Advisory, xbuffy, buffer overflow exploit. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

May 04, 2014 •Critical Debian