MasqMail email addresses allow elevated privileges
| masqmail-email-gain-privileges (22346) |  High Risk |
Description:
MasqMail could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges caused by a vulnerability in the email address validation when a message that is sent fails to be delivered. A local attacker could use this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system with privileges of the mail user.
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
Remedy:
For Mandrake Linux:
Upgrade to the latest version of masqmail (0.2.18-3.1 or later), as listed in Mandrake Security Advisory MDKSA-2005:168. See References.
For Debian GNU/Linux:
Refer to DSA-848-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
References:
- MasqMail Web site: MasqMail.
- BID-14890: MasqMail Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2005-2662: masqmail before 0.2.18 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted e-mail addresses that are not properly sanitized when creating a failed delivery message.
- DSA-848: masqmail -- several vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2005:168: Updated masqmail packages fix vulnerabilities
- SA16883: MasqMail Two Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Debian Debian Linux 3.0
- Debian Debian Linux 3.1
- Innominate MasqMail
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Multi Network Firewall 2.0
Reported:
Sep 21, 2005
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