<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200503-26"> <title>Sylpheed, Sylpheed-claws: Message reply overflow</title> <synopsis> Sylpheed and Sylpheed-claws contain a vulnerability that can be triggered when replying to specially crafted messages. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">sylpheed sylpheed-claws</product> <announced>2005-03-20</announced> <revised count="01">2005-03-20</revised> <bug>84056</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="mail-client/sylpheed" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">1.0.3</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">1.0.3</vulnerable> </package> <package name="mail-client/sylpheed-claws" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">1.0.3</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">1.0.3</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> Sylpheed is a lightweight email client and newsreader. Sylpheed-claws is a 'bleeding edge' version of Sylpheed. </p> </background> <description> <p> Sylpheed and Sylpheed-claws fail to properly handle non-ASCII characters in email headers when composing reply messages. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> An attacker can send an email containing a malicious non-ASCII header which, when replied to, would cause the program to crash, potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the software. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All Sylpheed users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/sylpheed-1.0.3"</code> <p> All Sylpheed-claws users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/sylpheed-claws-1.0.3"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="http://sylpheed.good-day.net/#changes">Sylpheed ChangeLog</uri> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0667">CAN-2005-0667</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2005-03-14T20:05:52Z"> koon </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-03-15T14:35:33Z"> lewk </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-03-20T22:41:22Z"> lewk </metadata> </glsa>