Security
Security
The sendmail program in Xmail is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, potentially resulting in local privilege escalation.
| Package | mail-mta/xmail on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 1.22 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 1.22 |
Xmail is an Internet and intranet mail server.
iDEFENSE reported that the AddressFromAtPtr function in the sendmail program fails to check bounds on arguments passed from other functions, and as a result an exploitable stack overflow condition occurs when specifying the "-t" command line option.
A local attacker can make a malicious call to sendmail, potentially resulting in code execution with elevated privileges.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Xmail users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-mta/xmail-1.22"
Release date
December 14, 2005
Latest revision
December 14, 2005: 01
Severity
high
Exploitable
local
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