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The U.S. Department of Energy
Computer Incident Advisory Capability
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INFORMATION BULLETIN
Qpopper Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
December 3, 1999 17:00 GMT Number K-009
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PROBLEM: Some versions of Qpopper are exploitable to a buffer overflow
vulnerability.
PLATFORM: All platforms running any of the officially released versions
Qpopper 2.41 and earlier, and those running the beta versions
Qpopper 3.0b21 and older.
DAMAGE: Remote users can exploit the vulnerability to obtain
unauthorized root access.
SOLUTION: Upgrade to the officially released version Qpopper 2.5 or
later, or to the beta version Qpopper 3.0b22 or later.
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VULNERABILITY The risk is HIGH. Information about these vulnerabilities
including exploit programs have been publicly distributed.
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CIAC has the following updated information to the AusCERT Alert given below:
If you are using the beta release 3.0b21 or older, upgrade to release 3.0b22
or later. The official qpopper Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page at
http://www.eudora.com/freeware/qpop_faq.html
when last updated on 1 December 1999 stated that
"Qpopper 2.41 and prior versions, and Qpopper 3.0b21 and older, are
vulnerable to buffer overflow. Remote users can obtain root access on
systems running these versions. Releases of Qpopper 2.5 and later, and
3.0b22 and later are immune from all known buffer overrun security holes
posted in bugtraq. Please upgrade your server if you are running any
Qpopper older than 2.5, or are running a 3.0 beta older than b22."
The FAQ can be accessed through a link found in the official Qpopper home
page at:
http://www.eudora.com/freeware/qpop.html
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A U S C E R T A L E R T
AL-1999.005 -- AUSCERT ALERT
Buffer overflow in qpopper
02 December 1999
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PROBLEM:
The qpopper program is Unix server software that supports the POP3
protocol for downloading Internet e-mail using software clients.
AusCERT has received information that some versions of qpopper are
vulnerable to a remotely exploitable buffer overflow.
Information regarding these vulnerabilities including exploit
programs have been made publicly available. AusCERT expects that
intruders will actively exploit this vulnerability.
VERSIONS:
All qpopper 3.0 beta releases 3.0b20 and older are susceptible to
this vulnerability.
qpopper versions prior to 2.41 are also vulnerable to an
exploitable buffer overflow as described in a previously released
AusCERT advisory (AA-98.01) available from:
ftp://ftp.auscert.org.au/pub/auscert/advisory/AA-
98.01.qpopper.buffer.overflow.vul
IMPACT:
Vulnerable versions of qpopper may allow remote users to gain root
access.
SOLUTION:
Sites running vulnerable versions of qpopper should upgrade to the
current version. The latest official release of qpopper is 2.53.
Sites using the 3.0 beta release should upgrade to the latest
release which is version 3.0b21.
For complete details and download instructions see the official
qpopper home page at:
http://www.eudora.com/freeware/qpop.html
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AusCERT acknowledges the posters to the Bugtraq mailing list and Qualcomm
Support for information provided in this alert. AusCERT also thanks Joe
Haskian of the University of Melbourne.
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[AusCERT issues an alert when the risk posed by a vulnerability that may
not have been thoroughly investigated and for which a work-around or fix
may not yet have been developed requires notification.]
The AusCERT team has made every effort to ensure that the information
contained in this document is accurate at the time of publication. However,
the decision to use the information described is the responsibility of
each user or organisation. The appropriateness of this document for an
organisation or individual system should be considered before application
in conjunction with local policies and procedures. AusCERT takes no
responsibility for the consequences of applying the contents of this
document.
If you believe that your system has been compromised, contact AusCERT or
your representative in FIRST (Forum of Incident Response and Security
Teams).
AusCERT maintains an anonymous FTP service which is found on:
ftp://ftp.auscert.org.au/pub/. This archive contains past SERT
and AusCERT Advisories, and other computer security information.
AusCERT maintains a World Wide Web service which is found on:
http://www.auscert.org.au/.
Internet Email: auscert@auscert.org.au
Facsimile: (07) 3365 7031
Telephone: (07) 3365 4417 (International: +61 7 3365 4417)
AusCERT personnel answer during Queensland business
hours which are GMT+10:00 (AEST). On call
after hours for emergencies.
Postal:
Australian Computer Emergency Response Team
The University of Queensland
Brisbane
Qld 4072
AUSTRALIA
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_____________________________________________________________________________
CIAC wishes to acknowledge the contributions of AUSCERT and Qualcomm for the
information contained in this bulletin.
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CIAC, the Computer Incident Advisory Capability, is the computer
security incident response team for the U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE) and the emergency backup response team for the National
Institutes of Health (NIH). CIAC is located at the Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory in Livermore, California. CIAC is also a founding
member of FIRST, the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams, a
global organization established to foster cooperation and coordination
among computer security teams worldwide.
CIAC services are available to DOE, DOE contractors, and the NIH. CIAC
can be contacted at:
Voice: +1 925-422-8193
FAX: +1 925-423-8002
STU-III: +1 925-423-2604
E-mail: ciac@llnl.gov
For emergencies and off-hour assistance, DOE, DOE contractor sites,
and the NIH may contact CIAC 24-hours a day. During off hours (5PM -
8AM PST), use one of the following methods to contact CIAC:
1. Call the CIAC voice number 925-422-8193 and leave a message, or
2. Call 888-449-8369 to send a Sky Page to the CIAC duty person or
3. Send e-mail to 4498369@skytel.com, or
4. Call 800-201-9288 for the CIAC Project Leader.
Previous CIAC notices, anti-virus software, and other information are
available from the CIAC Computer Security Archive.
World Wide Web: http://www.ciac.org/
(or http://ciac.llnl.gov -- they're the same machine)
Anonymous FTP: ftp.ciac.org
(or ciac.llnl.gov -- they're the same machine)
Modem access: +1 (925) 423-4753 (28.8K baud)
+1 (925) 423-3331 (28.8K baud)
CIAC has several self-subscribing mailing lists for electronic
publications:
1. CIAC-BULLETIN for Advisories, highest priority - time critical
information and Bulletins, important computer security information;
2. SPI-ANNOUNCE for official news about Security Profile Inspector
(SPI) software updates, new features, distribution and
availability;
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e.g., subscribe ciac-bulletin
You will receive an acknowledgment E-mail immediately with a confirmation
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If you include the word 'help' in the body of an E-mail to the above address,
it will also send back an information file on how to subscribe/unsubscribe,
get past issues of CIAC bulletins via E-mail, etc.
PLEASE NOTE: Many users outside of the DOE, ESnet, and NIH computing
communities receive CIAC bulletins. If you are not part of these
communities, please contact your agency's response team to report
incidents. Your agency's team will coordinate with CIAC. The Forum of
Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) is a world-wide
organization. A list of FIRST member organizations and their
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