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

medium Nessus Plugin ID 17676

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200504-02 (Sylpheed, Sylpheed-claws: Buffer overflow on message display)

 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.

Solution

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'

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?19b9ac9e

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200504-02

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 17676

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200504-02.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 4/2/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:sylpheed, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:sylpheed-claws, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 4/2/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/24/2005

Reference Information

GLSA: 200504-02