Emil Multiple Buffer Overrun and Format String Vulnerabilities

BID:9974

Info

Emil Multiple Buffer Overrun and Format String Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 9974
Class: Unknown
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Mar 25 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 25 2004 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of these issues is credited to Ulf Harnhammar.
Vulnerable: emil emil 2.1 .0-beta9
- Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
 - Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
 - Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
 - Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
 - Debian Linux 3.0 mips
 - Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
 - Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
 - Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
 - Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
 - Debian Linux 3.0 arm
 - Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
 - Debian Linux 3.0
emil emil 2.0.5
emil emil 2.0.4
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Emil Multiple Buffer Overrun and Format String Vulnerabilities

Multiple locally and remotely exploitable buffer overrun and format strings were reported in emil. This could permit execution of arbitrary code in the context of the software.

Exploit / POC

Emil Multiple Buffer Overrun and Format String Vulnerabilities

The following proof-of-concept was released that includes test e-mails to reproduce the condition:

Solution / Fix

Emil Multiple Buffer Overrun and Format String Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Debian has released advisory DSA 468-1 to address these issues. Please see the attached advisory for details on obtaining and applying fixes.

SUSE has released an advisory SuSE-SA:2004:009 to address this and other issues. Please see the advisory for more information.


emil emil 2.1 .0-beta9

References

Emil Multiple Buffer Overrun and Format String Vulnerabilities

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