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[ GLSA 200504-02 ] Sylpheed, Sylpheed-claws: Buffer overflow on message


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Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2005 12:37:07 +0200
From: Thierry Carrez <koon@gentoo.org.>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [ GLSA 200504-02 ] Sylpheed, Sylpheed-claws: Buffer overflow on message
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200504-02
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: Sylpheed, Sylpheed-claws: Buffer overflow on message
            display
      Date: April 02, 2005
      Bugs: #86541
        ID: 200504-02

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Synopsis
========

Sylpheed and Sylpheed-claws contain a vulnerability that can be
triggered when displaying messages with specially crafted attachments.

Background
==========

Sylpheed is a lightweight email client and newsreader. Sylpheed-claws
is a 'bleeding edge' version of Sylpheed.

Affected packages
=================

    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     Package                     /  Vulnerable  /           Unaffected
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
  1  mail-client/sylpheed             < 1.0.4                 >= 1.0.4
  2  mail-client/sylpheed-claws       < 1.0.4                 >= 1.0.4
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.
    -------------------------------------------------------------------


Description
===========

Sylpheed and Sylpheed-claws fail to properly handle messages containing
attachments with MIME-encoded filenames.

Impact
======

An attacker can send a malicious email message which, when displayed,
would cause the program to crash, potentially allowing the execution of
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the software.

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All Sylpheed users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/sylpheed-1.0.4"


All Sylpheed-claws users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/sylpheed-claws-1.0.4"


References
==========

  [ 1 ] Sylpheed ChangeLog
        http://sylpheed.good-day.net/#changes

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200504-02.xml

Concerns?
=========

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
[email protected] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
=======

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.

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


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