Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200809-05 - It has been discovered that some input (e.g. the username) passed to the Courier Authentication library are not properly sanitised before being used in SQL queries. Versions less than 0.60.6 are affected.
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200809-05
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Severity: Normal
Title: Courier Authentication Library: SQL injection vulnerability
Date: September 05, 2008
Bugs: #225407
ID: 200809-05
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Synopsis
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An SQL injection vulnerability has been discovered in the Courier
Authentication Library.
Background
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The Courier Authentication Library is a generic authentication API that
encapsulates the process of validating account passwords.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-libs/courier-authlib < 0.60.6 >= 0.60.6
Description
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It has been discovered that some input (e.g. the username) passed to
the library are not properly sanitised before being used in SQL
queries.
Impact
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A remote attacker could provide specially crafted input to the library,
possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary SQL commands.
NOTE: Exploitation of this vulnerability requires that a MySQL database
is used for authentication and that a Non-Latin character set is
selected.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Courier Authentication Library users should upgrade to the latest
version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/courier-authlib-0.60.6"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2008-2667
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2667
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-200809-05.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 2008 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/2.5