[ GLSA 200504-10 ] Gld: Remote execution of arbitrary code

[GLSA]

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: Gld: Remote execution of arbitrary code (GLSA 200504-10)
Severity: high
Exploitable: remote
Date: April 13, 2005
Updated: May 22, 2006
Bug(s): #88904
ID: 200504-10

Synopsis

Gld contains several serious vulnerabilities, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code as the root user.

Background

Gld is a standalone greylisting server for Postfix.

Affected Packages

Package: mail-filter/gld
Vulnerable: <= 1.4
Unaffected: >= 1.5
Architectures: All supported architectures


Description

dong-hun discovered several buffer overflows in server.c, as well as several format string vulnerabilities in cnf.c.

Impact

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Gld, the default user being root.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Gld users should upgrade to the latest version: