MGASA-2016-0067

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    MGASA-2016-0067

    Published: 17 Feb 2016Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-8708

    Summary: Updated claws-mail packages fix CVE-2015-8708

    Details: Updated claws-mail fix security vulnerabilities A stack-based buffer overflow has been found in conv_euctojis() after applying incomplete patch for CVE-2015-8614. In conv_euctojis() the comparison is with outlen - 3, but each pass through the loop uses up to 5 bytes and the rest of the function may add another 4 bytes. The comparison should presumably be '<= outlen - 9' or equivalently '< outlen - 8'. (CVE-2015-8708)

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0067.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17722, http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3557, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176949.html, https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8708

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: claws-mail

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/claws-mail?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.11.1-3.1.mga5

    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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