July 2006

ID: 00483
Ref: 469/2006
Date: 17 July 2006:14:07:09
Version: 1

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Title: OpenPKG Security Advisory: OpenPKG-SA-2006.013 - mutt
Abstract:
Vendors affected: OpenPKG
Operating systems affected: OpenPKG
Applications affected: OpenPKG

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OpenPKG Security Advisory: OpenPKG-SA-2006.013 - mutt

Detail
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According to a vendor security update based on hints from TAKAHASHI
Tamotsu, a stack-based buffer overflow exists in the Mutt [1] mail
user agent. The problem is in the browse_get_namespace() function in
"imap/browse.c" which allows remote attackers to cause a Denial of
Service (DoS) or execute arbitrary code via long namespaces received
from the IMAP server. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)
project assigned the id CVE-2006-3242 [2] to the problem.


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OpenPKG Security Advisory The OpenPKG Project
http://www.openpkg.org/security/ http://www.openpkg.org
openpkg-security@openpkg.org openpkg@openpkg.org
OpenPKG-SA-2006.013 15-Jul-2006
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Package: mutt
Vulnerability: denial of service
OpenPKG Specific: no

Affected Releases: Affected Packages: Corrected Packages:
OpenPKG CURRENT <= mutt-1.5.11i-20060622 >= mutt-1.5.12-20060715
OpenPKG 2-STABLE <= mutt-1.5.11i-2.20060622 >= mutt-1.5.11i-2.20060715
OpenPKG 2.5-RELEASE <= mutt-1.5.11i-2.5.0 >= mutt-1.5.11i-2.5.1

Description:
According to a vendor security update based on hints from TAKAHASHI
Tamotsu, a stack-based buffer overflow exists in the Mutt [1] mail
user agent. The problem is in the browse_get_namespace() function in
"imap/browse.c" which allows remote attackers to cause a Denial of
Service (DoS) or execute arbitrary code via long namespaces received
from the IMAP server. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)
project assigned the id CVE-2006-3242 [2] to the problem.
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References:
[1] http://www.mutt.org/
[2] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3242
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For security reasons, this advisory was digitally signed with the
OpenPGP public key "OpenPKG " (ID 63C4CB9F) of the
OpenPKG project which you can retrieve from http://pgp.openpkg.org and
hkp://pgp.openpkg.org. Follow the instructions on http://pgp.openpkg.org
for details on how to verify the integrity of this advisory.
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