GLSA 200411-06: MIME-tools: Virus detection evasion

A MIME-tools security update has been released for Gentoo Linux

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200411-06
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Low
Title: MIME-tools: Virus detection evasion
Date: November 02, 2004
Bugs: #69181
ID: 200411-06

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Synopsis
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MIME-tools doesn't handle empty MIME boundaries correctly. This may prevent some virus-scanning programs which use MIME-tools from detecting certain viruses.

Background
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MIME-tools is a Perl module containing functions to handle MIME attachments.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-perl/MIME-tools < 5.415 >= 5.415

Description
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MIME-tools doesn't correctly parse attachment boundaries with an empty name (boundary="").

Impact
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An attacker could send a carefully crafted email and evade detection on some email virus-scanning programs using MIME-tools for attachment decoding.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All MIME-tools users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-perl/MIME-tools-5.415"

References
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[ 1 ] MIMEDefang announcement

http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/pipermail/mimedefang/2004-October/024959.html

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-200411-06.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 2004 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.

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