[UNIX] QPopper Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (BULLDIR)

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Date: 05/01/02


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  QPopper Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (BULLDIR)
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SUMMARY

 <http://www.eudora.com/qpopper/> QPopper is the most widely used POP3
server for Unix/Linux now includes TLS/SSL. The product has been found to
contain a buffer overflow in the way it processes incoming user options.

DETAILS

Vulnerable systems:
 * QPopper versions 4.0.3 and 4.0.4

Vulnerable code:
pop_bull.c
int CopyOneBull ( POP *p, long bnum, char *name )
{
    FILE *bull;
    char buffer [ MAXMSGLINELEN ];
    BOOL in_header = TRUE;
    BOOL first_line = TRUE;
    int nchar;
    int msg_num;
    int msg_vis_num = 0;
    int msg_ends_in_nl = 0;
    char bullName [ 256 ];
    MsgInfoList *mp; /* Pointer to message info list */

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