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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+
+<glsa id="200408-19">
+ <title>courier-imap: Remote Format String Vulnerability</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ There is a format string vulnerability in non-standard configurations of
+ courier-imapd which may be exploited remotely. An attacker may be able to
+ execute arbitrary code as the user running courier-imapd (oftentimes root).
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">courier-imap</product>
+ <announced>August 19, 2004</announced>
+ <revised>May 22, 2006: 02</revised>
+ <bug>60865</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="net-mail/courier-imap" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">3.0.5</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="le">3.0.2-r1</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ Courier-IMAP is an IMAP server which is part of the Courier mail
+ system. It provides access only to maildirs.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ There is a format string vulnerability in the auth_debug() function
+ which can be exploited remotely, potentially leading to arbitrary code
+ execution as the user running the IMAP daemon (oftentimes root). A
+ remote attacker may send username or password information containing
+ printf() format tokens (such as "%s"), which will crash the server or
+ cause it to execute arbitrary code.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ This vulnerability can only be exploited if DEBUG_LOGIN is set to
+ something other than 0 in the imapd config file.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="high">
+ <p>
+ If DEBUG_LOGIN is enabled in the imapd configuration, a remote attacker
+ may execute arbitrary code as the root user.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ Set the DEBUG_LOGIN option in /etc/courier-imap/imapd to 0. (This is
+ the default value.)
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All courier-imap users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge sync
+
+ # emerge -pv &quot;&gt;=net-mail/courier-imap-3.0.5&quot;
+ # emerge &quot;&gt;=net-mail/courier-imap-3.0.5&quot;</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=131&amp;type=vulnerabilities&amp;flashstatus=true">iDEFENSE Advisory</uri>
+ <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0777">CVE-2004-0777</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 19 Aug 2004 18:47:27 +0000">
+ condordes
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>