emil email multiple buffer overflows
| emil-email-bo (15601) |  High Risk |
Description:
emil is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the encode_mime, encode_uuencode, and the decode_uuencode function. By sending a specially-crafted email message, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system, once emil processes the message.
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
For Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody):
Upgrade to the latest emil package (2.1.0-beta9-11woody1 or later), as listed in DSA-468-1. See References.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Mar 25 2004 - 14:31:50 CST: Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 468-1] New emil packages fix multiple vulnerabilities.
- BID-9974: Emil Multiple Buffer Overrun and Format String Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2004-0152: Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in (1) the encode_mime function, (2) the encode_uuencode function, (3) or the decode_uuencode function for emil 2.1.0 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via e-mail messages containing attachments with filenames.
- DSA-468: emil -- several vulnerabilities
- SUSE-SA:2004:008: cvs: remote code execution
- SUSE-SA:2004:009: Linux Kernel: local privilege escalation / information leakage
Platforms Affected:
- Debian Debian Linux 3.0
- emil emil 2.0.4
- emil emil 2.0.5
- emil emil 2.1.0-beta9
- Novell SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7.0
- Novell UnitedLinux 1.0
- SUSE SuSE Linux 8.1
- SUSE SuSE Linux 9.0
- SuSE SuSE Linux Connectivity Server
- SuSE SuSE Linux Database Server
- SuSE SuSE Linux Office Server
Reported:
Mar 24, 2004
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