PT-2005-2167 · Qpopper · Qpopper

Jens Steube · Published 2005-05-25 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2005-1151

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions qpopper versions 4.0.5 and earlier

Description The issue arises from improper privilege handling when processing certain user-supplied files, allowing local users to overwrite or create arbitrary files as root.

Recommendations For qpopper versions 4.0.5 and earlier, update to a version that properly drops privileges before processing user-supplied files to prevent arbitrary file creation or overwrite as root.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-1151

DSA-728-1

Affected Products

Qpopper

References · 7

• http://gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200505-17.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1151 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/15505 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/15478 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/15475 · Note
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90622 · Note
• http://debian.org/security/2005/dsa-728 · Patch, Vendor Advisory