MGASA-2014-0531

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    MGASA-2014-0531

    Published: 19 Dec 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2010-5109

    Summary: Updated claws-mail packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Off-by-one error in the DecompressRTF function in ytnef.c in Yerase's TNEF Stream Reader allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted TNEF file, which triggers a buffer overflow (CVE-2010-5109). The claws-mail package contains an embedded copf of libytnef, which has been patched to fix this issue.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0531.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14743, http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2949686&group_id=70352&atid=527487, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083853.html, https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=771360

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: claws-mail

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/claws-mail?arch=source&distro=mageia-4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.11.1-1.1.mga4

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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