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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.58708
Category:Gentoo Local Security Checks
Title:Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200710-29 (sylpheed claws-mail)
Summary:The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory GLSA 200710-29.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200710-29.

Vulnerability Insight:
A format string error has been discovered in Sylpheed and Claws Mail,
potentially leading to the remote execution of arbitrary code.

Solution:
All Sylpheed users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=mail-client/sylpheed-2.4.5'

All Claws Mail users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=mail-client/claws-mail-3.0.0'

CVSS Score:
6.8

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-2958
BugTraq ID: 25430
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25430
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00077.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-29.xml
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-70/advisory/
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=254121
http://osvdb.org/40184
http://secunia.com/advisories/26550
http://secunia.com/advisories/26610
http://secunia.com/advisories/27229
http://secunia.com/advisories/27379
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2007:020 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_20_sr.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2971
XForce ISS Database: sylpheed-incputerror-format-string(36238)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36238
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