PT-2005-4157 · Sylpheed · Sylpheed

Colin Leroy · Published 2005-11-20 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2005-3354

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Sylpheed versions prior to 2.1.6

Description The issue is related to a stack-based buffer overflow in the ldif get line function, which can be exploited by user-assisted attackers. This can happen when local users import LDIF files containing long lines, potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.1.6, update to version 2.1.6 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-3354

DSA-906-1

DSA-908-1

Affected Products

Sylpheed

References · 18

• http://secunia.com/advisories/17540 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17678 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3354 · Security Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2360 · Vendor Advisory
• http://xatrix.org/advisory.php?s=7282 · Vendor Advisory
• http://gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-13.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2005/dsa-906 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-3354 · Vendor Advisory
• http://novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_28_sr.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-3354 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17492 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-3354 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17525 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17831 · Vendor Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/20675 · Note