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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-06.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-06.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c5c82bc1 --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-06.xml @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200411-06"> + <title>MIME-tools: Virus detection evasion</title> + <synopsis> + MIME-tools doesn't handle empty MIME boundaries correctly. This may prevent + some virus-scanning programs which use MIME-tools from detecting certain + viruses. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">MIME-tools</product> + <announced>November 02, 2004</announced> + <revised>May 22, 2006: 02</revised> + <bug>69181</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="dev-perl/MIME-tools" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">5.415</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">5.415</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + MIME-tools is a Perl module containing functions to handle MIME + attachments. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + MIME-tools doesn't correctly parse attachment boundaries with an empty + name (boundary=""). + </p> + </description> + <impact type="low"> + <p> + An attacker could send a carefully crafted email and evade detection on + some email virus-scanning programs using MIME-tools for attachment + decoding. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All MIME-tools users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-perl/MIME-tools-5.415"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/pipermail/mimedefang/2004-October/024959.html">MIMEDefang announcement</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1098">CVE-2004-1098</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 2 Nov 2004 13:33:38 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 2 Nov 2004 13:34:00 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 2 Nov 2004 17:50:24 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> +</glsa> |