GLSA 200611-15: qmailAdmin: Buffer overflow

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Severity:	high
Title:	qmailAdmin: Buffer overflow
Date:	11/21/2006
Bugs:	#153896
ID:	200611-15

Synopsis

qmailAdmin is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code.

Background

qmailAdmin is a free software package that provides a web interface for managing a qmail system with virtual domains.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-mail/qmailadmin	< 1.2.10	>= 1.2.10	All supported architectures

Description

qmailAdmin fails to properly handle the "PATH_INFO" variable in qmailadmin.c. The PATH_INFO is a standard CGI environment variable filled with user supplied data.

Impact

A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending qmailAdmin a maliciously crafted URL that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running qmailAdmin.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All qmailAdmin users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-mail/qmailadmin-1.2.10"

References

CVE-2006-1141

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-15.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.