Debian Security Advisory

ipopd -- Vulnerability in POP-2 daemon

Date Reported:
07 Jun 1999
Affected Packages:
ipopd
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-1999-0920.
More information:
The version of the imap suite in Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 has a vulnerability in its POP-2 daemon, which can be found in the ipopd package. Using this vulnerability it is possible for remote users to get a shell as user "nobody" on the server.
Fixed in:
alpha:
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/binary-alpha/ipopd_4.5-0slink3_alpha.deb
i386:
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/binary-i386/ipopd_4.5-0slink3_i386.deb
m68k:
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/binary-m68k/ipopd_4.5-0slink3_m68k.deb
sparc:
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/binary-sparc/ipopd_4.5-0slink3_sparc.deb