A Qpopper update has been released for Gentoo Linux

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200505-17
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Qpopper: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: May 23, 2005
Bugs: #90622
ID: 200505-17

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Synopsis
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Qpopper contains two vulnerabilities allowing an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files and create files with insecure permissions.



Background
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Qpopper is a widely used server for the POP3 protocol.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-mail/qpopper < 4.0.5-r3 >= 4.0.5-r3

Description
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Jens Steube discovered that Qpopper doesn't drop privileges to process local files from normal users (CAN-2005-1151). The upstream developers discovered that Qpopper can be forced to create group or world writeable files (CAN-2005-1152).

Impact
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A malicious local attacker could exploit Qpopper to overwrite arbitrary files as root or create new files which are group or world writeable.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Qpopper users should upgrade to the latest available version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-mail/qpopper-4.0.5-r3"

References
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[ 1 ] CAN-2005-1151
http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1151
[ 2 ] CAN-2005-1152
http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1152

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200505-17.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0