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Re: QPopper 4.0.4 buffer overflow: msg#00419

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Subject: Re: QPopper 4.0.4 buffer overflow


> Affected versions 4.0.3 and 4.0.4. default install.
> Servers, not processing user`s configuration file
> (~/.qpopper-options) are insensible to this bug.

Our testing has shown that you must use the -u parameter to be susceptible
to this vulnerability.

If you don't use the -u parameter for qpopper this file is not accessed.

You can use the -d parameter to view the debug output to verify this.

Mike

UNIX Systems Administrator at Wake Forest University.
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Wake Forest University http://www.wfu.edu/~rollins
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