From jaervosz@gentoo.org Wed Apr 13 18:27:55 2005 From: Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen To: gentoo-announce@gentoo.org Cc: bugtraq@securityfocus.com, full-disclosure@lists.grok.org.uk, security-alerts@linuxsecurity.com Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 14:08:19 +0200 Subject: [ GLSA 200504-10 ] Gld: Remote execution of arbitrary code - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200504-10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: High Title: Gld: Remote execution of arbitrary code Date: April 13, 2005 Bugs: #88904 ID: 200504-10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Gld contains several serious vulnerabilities, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code as the root user. Background ========== Gld is a standalone greylisting server for Postfix. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 mail-filter/gld <= 1.4 >= 1.5 Description =========== dong-hun discovered several buffer overflows in server.c, as well as several format string vulnerabilities in cnf.c. Impact ====== An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Gld, the default user being root. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All Gld users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-filter/gld-1.5" References ========== [ 1 ] SecurityTracker ID 1013678 http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/Apr/1013678.html Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200504-10.xml Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 [ Part 2, Application/PGP-SIGNATURE 196bytes. ] [ Unable to print this part. ]