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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.131179
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2016-0008)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'claws-mail' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2016-0008 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'claws-mail' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2016-0008 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
no bounds checking on the output buffer in conv_jistoeuc, conv_euctojis,
conv_sjistoeuc

A Tails contributor found a vulnerability in claws-mail where in
codeconv.c a function for japanese character set conversion called
conv_jistoeuc() has no bounds checking on the output buffer which is
created on the stack with alloca() (CVE-2015-8614).

Affected Software/OS:
'claws-mail' package(s) on Mageia 5.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.5

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-8614
Debian Security Information: DSA-3452 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3452
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-11
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/22/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/21/10
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0002 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00000.html
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG

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