qpopper 4.0.5 and earlier does not properly drop privileges before processing certain user-supplied files, which allows local users to overwrite or create arbitrary files as root.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qpopper | Debian | * | 4.0.4 (including) |
| Qpopper | Debian | 4.0.5 (including) | 4.0.5 (including) |
| Qpopper | Ubuntu | dapper | * |
| Qpopper | Ubuntu | devel | * |
| Qpopper | Ubuntu | edgy | * |
| Qpopper | Ubuntu | feisty | * |
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90622
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15475
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15478
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15505
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-728
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200505-17.xml
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90622
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15475
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15478
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15505
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-728
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200505-17.xml