A new security update has been released for Gentoo Linux - DBmail: Data disclosure. Here the announcement:
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200804-24
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Low
Title: DBmail: Data disclosure
Date: April 18, 2008
Bugs: #218154
ID: 200804-24
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Synopsis
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A vulnerability in DBMail could allow for passwordless login to any
account under certain configurations.
Background
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DBMail is a mail storage and retrieval daemon that uses SQL databases
as its data store. IMAP and POP3 can be used to retrieve mails from the
database.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-mail/dbmail < 2.2.9 >=3D 2.2.9=
Description
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A vulnerability in DBMail's authldap module when used in conjunction
with an Active Directory server has been reported by vugluskr. When
passing a zero length password to the module, it tries to bind
anonymously to the LDAP server. If the LDAP server allows anonymous
binds, this bind succeeds and results in a successful authentication to
DBMail.
Impact
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By passing an empty password string to the server, an attacker could be
able to log in to any account.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All DBMail users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=3Dnet-mail/dbmail-2.2.9"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2007-6714
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=3DCVE-2007-6714
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-200804-24.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 2008 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/2.5
