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

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200411-06
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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
==========

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
======

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?
=========

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_at_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).

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