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GLSA-200710-17 : Balsa: Buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 27068

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-200710-17 (Balsa: Buffer overflow)

 Evil Ninja Squirrel discovered a stack-based buffer overflow in the ir_fetch_seq() function when receiving a long response to a FETCH command (CVE-2007-5007).
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could entice a user to connect to a malicious or compromised IMAP server, possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the user running Balsa.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Balsa users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=mail-client/balsa-2.3.20'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200710-17

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 27068

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200710-17.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 10/17/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:balsa, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/16/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/15/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5007

CWE: 119

GLSA: 200710-17