Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200408-19.
Solution
All courier-imap users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv '>=net-mail/courier-imap-3.0.5'
# emerge '>=net-mail/courier-imap-3.0.5'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200408-19 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60865
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=131&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true
Insight
There is a format string vulnerability in non-standard configurations of courier-imapd which may be exploited remotely. An attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code as the user running courier-imapd (oftentimes root).
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2004-0777 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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