GLSA 200409-01: vpopmail: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	high
Title:	vpopmail: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	09/01/2004
Bugs:	#60844
ID:	200409-01

Synopsis

vpopmail contains several bugs making it vulnerable to several SQL injection exploits as well as one buffer overflow and one format string exploit when using Sybase. This could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Background

vpopmail handles virtual mail domains for qmail and Postfix.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-mail/vpopmail	< 5.4.6	>= 5.4.6	All supported architectures

Description

vpopmail is vulnerable to several unspecified SQL injection exploits. Furthermore when using Sybase as the backend database vpopmail is vulnerable to a buffer overflow and format string exploit.

Impact

These vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute code with the permissions of the user running vpopmail.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available version of vpopmail.

Resolution

All vpopmail users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge sync

    # emerge -pv ">=net-mail/vpopmail-5.4.6"
    # emerge ">=net-mail/vpopmail-5.4.6"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-01.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.