National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-2958
Original release date:08/27/2007
Last revised:11/15/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
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):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
- Official Statement from Red Hat (08/28/2007)
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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
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26550
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 40184
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2007-2009
External Source: MISC
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=254121
External Source: XF
Name: sylpheed-incputerror-format-string(36238)
External Source: BID
Name: 25430
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2007:020
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-2971
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200710-29
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27379
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27229
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26610
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=190104