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>> QmailAdmin "PATH_INFO" Variable Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Title : QmailAdmin "PATH_INFO" Variable Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-0852
CVE ID : CVE-2006-1141
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-03-06
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A vulnerability has been identified in QmailAdmin, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This flaw is due to a buffer overflow error in the "qmailadmin.c" script that does not properly validate the "PATH_INFO" environment variable before being passed to a "strcpy()" function, which could be exploited by attackers to compromise a vulnerable system.
Affected Products
QmailAdmin versions prior to 1.2.10
Solution
Upgrade to QmailAdmin version 1.2.10 :
http://www.inter7.com/index.php?page=qmailadmin
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0852
Credits
Vulnerability reported by the vendor
ChangeLog
2006-03-06 : Initial release
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