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[ GLSA 200411-06 ] MIME-tools: Virus detection evasion
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thierry Carrez)
Wed Nov 3 13:22:14 2004
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Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2004 19:21:16 +0100
From: Thierry Carrez <koon@gentoo.org>
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200411-06
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Low
Title: MIME-tools: Virus detection evasion
Date: November 02, 2004
Bugs: #69181
ID: 200411-06
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Synopsis
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MIME-tools doesn't handle empty MIME boundaries correctly. This may
prevent some virus-scanning programs which use MIME-tools from
detecting certain viruses.
Background
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MIME-tools is a Perl module containing functions to handle MIME
attachments.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-perl/MIME-tools < 5.415 >= 5.415
Description
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MIME-tools doesn't correctly parse attachment boundaries with an empty
name (boundary="").
Impact
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An attacker could send a carefully crafted email and evade detection on
some email virus-scanning programs using MIME-tools for attachment
decoding.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All MIME-tools users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-perl/MIME-tools-5.415"
References
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[ 1 ] MIMEDefang announcement
http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/pipermail/mimedefang/2004-October/024959.html
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-200411-06.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@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2004 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/1.0
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