GNU Mailutils Authentication Module SQL Injection Vulnerability

BID:13870

Info

GNU Mailutils Authentication Module SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 13870
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2005-1824
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 06 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 02:56PM
Credit: The discoverer of this vulnerability is unknown at this time, this vulnerability was announced by Gentoo.
Vulnerable: GNU Mailutils 0.6.90
GNU Mailutils 0.6
+ Gentoo Linux
GNU Mailutils 0.5
Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

GNU Mailutils Authentication Module SQL Injection Vulnerability

GNU Mailutils is prone to an SQL injection vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input before using it in an SQL query.

Successful exploitation could result in a compromise of the application, disclosure or modification of data, or may permit an attacker to exploit vulnerabilities in the underlying database implementation.

Exploit / POC

GNU Mailutils Authentication Module SQL Injection Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Solution / Fix

GNU Mailutils Authentication Module SQL Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
Gentoo has released advisory GLSA 200506-02 to address this issue. Gentoo recommends all GNU Mailutils users should upgrade to the latest available version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-mail/mailutils-0.6-r1"

Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

GNU Mailutils Authentication Module SQL Injection Vulnerability

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