<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200603-04"> <title>IMAP Proxy: Format string vulnerabilities</title> <synopsis> Format string vulnerabilities in IMAP Proxy may lead to the execution of arbitrary code when connected to malicious IMAP servers. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">up-imapproxy</product> <announced>2006-03-06</announced> <revised count="01">2006-03-06</revised> <bug>107679</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="net-mail/up-imapproxy" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">1.2.4</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">1.2.4</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> IMAP Proxy (also known as up-imapproxy) proxies IMAP transactions between an IMAP client and an IMAP server. </p> </background> <description> <p> Steve Kemp discovered two format string errors in IMAP Proxy. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> A remote attacker could design a malicious IMAP server and entice someone to connect to it using IMAP Proxy, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the victim user. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> Only connect to trusted IMAP servers using IMAP Proxy. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All IMAP Proxy users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-mail/up-imapproxy-1.2.4"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2661">CVE-2005-2661</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2006-03-05T09:44:08Z"> koon </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-03-05T09:44:28Z"> koon </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-03-05T15:59:30Z"> koon </metadata> </glsa>