1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200408-19 / courier-imap |
| Release Date | August 19, 2004 |
| Latest Revision | May 22, 2006: 02 |
| Impact | high |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| net-mail/courier-imap | <= 3.0.2-r1 | >= 3.0.5 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #60865
There is a format string vulnerability in non-standard configurations of courier-imapd which may be exploited remotely. An attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code as the user running courier-imapd (oftentimes root).
Courier-IMAP is an IMAP server which is part of the Courier mail system. It provides access only to maildirs.
There is a format string vulnerability in the auth_debug() function which can be exploited remotely, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution as the user running the IMAP daemon (oftentimes root). A remote attacker may send username or password information containing printf() format tokens (such as "%s"), which will crash the server or cause it to execute arbitrary code.
This vulnerability can only be exploited if DEBUG_LOGIN is set to something other than 0 in the imapd config file.
If DEBUG_LOGIN is enabled in the imapd configuration, a remote attacker may execute arbitrary code as the root user.
Set the DEBUG_LOGIN option in /etc/courier-imap/imapd to 0. (This is the default value.)
All courier-imap users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge sync # emerge -pv ">=net-mail/courier-imap-3.0.5" # emerge ">=net-mail/courier-imap-3.0.5" |