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[ GLSA 200804-24 ] DBmail: Data disclosure



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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200804-24
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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                            >= 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 ">=net-mail/dbmail-2.2.9"

References
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2007-6714
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-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@xxxxxxxxxx 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

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