From: Thierry Carrez <koon@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-announce@lists.gentoo.org
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200506-02 ] Mailutils: SQL Injection
Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2005 18:20:02 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <42A477B2.7000901@gentoo.org> (raw)
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200506-02
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Mailutils: SQL Injection
Date: June 06, 2005
Bugs: #94824
ID: 200506-02
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Synopsis
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GNU Mailutils is vulnerable to SQL command injection attacks.
Background
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GNU Mailutils is a collection of mail-related utilities.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-mail/mailutils < 0.6-r1 >= 0.6-r1
Description
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When GNU Mailutils is built with the "mysql" or "postgres" USE flag,
the sql_escape_string function of the authentication module fails to
properly escape the "\" character, rendering it vulnerable to a SQL
command injection.
Impact
======
A malicious remote user could exploit this vulnerability to inject SQL
commands to the underlying database.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All GNU Mailutils users should upgrade to the latest available version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-mail/mailutils-0.6-r1"
References
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[ 1 ] CAN-2005-1824
http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1824
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-02.xml
Concerns?
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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
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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