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Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 1:26 am Post subject: [ GLSA 201203-01 ] spamdyke: Arbitrary code execution |
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
Title: spamdyke: Arbitrary code execution (GLSA 201203-01)
Severity: high
Exploitable: remote
Date: March 06, 2012
Bug(s): #399157
ID: 201203-01
Synopsis
A buffer overflow in spamdyke might allow remote attackers to
execute arbitrary code.
Background
spamdyke is a drop-in connection-time spam filter for qmail.
Affected Packages
Package: mail-filter/spamdyke
Vulnerable: < 4.3.0
Unaffected: >= 4.3.0
Architectures: All supported architectures
Description
Boundary errors related to the "snprintf()" and "vsnprintf()" functions
in spamdyke could cause a buffer overflow.
Impact
A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code or cause a
Denial of Service.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All spamdyke users should upgrade to the latest version: Code: | # emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-filter/spamdyke-4.3.0"
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References
CVE-2012-0802
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