National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-2958

Overview

Format string vulnerability in the inc_put_error function in src/inc.c in Sylpheed 2.4.4, and Sylpheed-Claws (Claws Mail) 1.9.100 and 2.10.0, allows remote POP3 servers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in crafted replies.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (08/28/2007)

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect version of Sylpheed as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1. Sylpheed and claws-mail are not shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.

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External Source: MISC

Name: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-70/advisory/

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-70/advisory/

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 26550

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26550

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 40184

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/40184

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2007-2009

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00077.html

External Source: MISC

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=254121

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=254121

External Source: XF

Name: sylpheed-incputerror-format-string(36238)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/36238

External Source: BID

Name: 25430

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25430

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2007:020

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_20_sr.html

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-2971

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/2971

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200710-29

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-29.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27379

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27379

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27229

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27229

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 26610

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26610

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=190104

Hyperlink:http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=190104