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Sylpheed LDIF Import Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA17492
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Release Date:
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2005-11-09
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Popularity:
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8,577 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Sylpheed 1.x
Sylpheed 2.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-3354
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Sylpheed, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the "ldif_get_line()" function in "ldif.c" when importing a LDIF file into the address book. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow and may allow arbitrary code execution via a specially crafted LDIF file with more than 2048 characters in a single line.
Successful exploitation requires that the user is e.g. tricked into importing a malicious LDIF file.
Solution:
Update to the fixed versions.
Version 1.0.x:
Update to version 1.0.6.
http://sylpheed.good-day.net/sylpheed/v1.0/
Version 2.0.x:
Update to version 2.0.4.
http://sylpheed.good-day.net/sylpheed/v2.0/
The vulnerability has also been fixed in development version 2.1.6.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by vendor.
Original Advisory:
http://sylpheed.good-day.net/en/news.html
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