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 Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 4:15 am Post subject: [ GLSA 201401-19 ] GMime: Arbitrary code execution |
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
Title: GMime: Arbitrary code execution (GLSA 201401-19)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: local, remote
Date: January 21, 2014
Bug(s): #308051
ID: 201401-19
Synopsis
A buffer overflow error in GMime might allow remote attackers to
execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition.
Background
GMime is a C/C++ library which may be used for the creation and parsing
of messages using the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME).
Affected Packages
Package: dev-libs/gmime
Vulnerable: < 2.4.15
Unaffected: >= 2.4.15
Unaffected: >= 2.4.17 < 2.4.18
Unaffected: >= 2.2.26 < 2.2.27
Architectures: All supported architectures
Description
GMime contains a buffer overflow flaw in the GMIME_UUENCODE_LEN macro in
gmime/gmime-encodings.h.
Impact
A context-dependent attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code or
cause a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
GMime 2.4.x users on the PPC64 architecture should upgrade to the latest
version:
| Code: | # emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/gmime-2.4.17"
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GMime 2.4.x users on other architectures should upgrade to the latest
version:
| Code: | # emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/gmime-2.4.15"
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GMime 2.2.x users should upgrade to the latest version: | Code: | # emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/gmime-2.2.26"
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Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools
such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying some of these packages.
References
CVE-2010-0409
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