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Mageia Linux Local Check: mgasa-2016-0008
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.5
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
8 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
Mageia Linux Local Security Checks mgasa-2016-0008
Insight
Insight
no bounds checking on the output buffer in conv_jistoeuc, conv_euctojis, conv_sjistoeuc A Tails contributor found a vulnerability in claws-mail where in codeconv.c a function for japanese character set conversion called conv_jistoeuc() has no bounds checking on the output buffer which is created on the stack with alloca() (CVE-2015-8614).
Solution
Solution
Update the affected packages to the latest available version.