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 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.
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.
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]>.
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]>.