<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200611-15"> <title>qmailAdmin: Buffer overflow</title> <synopsis> qmailAdmin is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">qmailadmin</product> <announced>2006-11-21</announced> <revised count="01">2006-11-21</revised> <bug>153896</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="net-mail/qmailadmin" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">1.2.10</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">1.2.10</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> qmailAdmin is a free software package that provides a web interface for managing a qmail system with virtual domains. </p> </background> <description> <p> qmailAdmin fails to properly handle the "PATH_INFO" variable in qmailadmin.c. The PATH_INFO is a standard CGI environment variable filled with user supplied data. </p> </description> <impact type="high"> <p> A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending qmailAdmin a maliciously crafted URL that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running qmailAdmin. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All qmailAdmin users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-mail/qmailadmin-1.2.10"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1141">CVE-2006-1141</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2006-11-15T21:38:39Z"> vorlon </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-11-15T21:39:01Z"> vorlon </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-11-20T08:53:09Z"> jaervosz </metadata> </glsa>