Re: [lucidat_private: qpop3.0b20 and below - notes and

From: Qpopper Support (qpopperat_private)
Date: Wed Dec 01 1999 - 16:11:01 PST

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    All reported buffer overruns are fixed in qpopper3.0b22, which is
    available at <ftp://ftp.qualcomm.com/eudora/servers/unix/popper/>.
    
    In addition, other users of '%s' were examined and limited applied to
    some which could theoretically cause a crash.
    
    >  Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.10.9911301500310.26891-200000at_private>
    >  Date:         Tue, 30 Nov 1999 15:25:25 -0500
    >  Reply-To: Lucid Solutions <lucidat_private>
    >  Sender: Bugtraq List <BUGTRAQat_private>
    >  From: Lucid Solutions <lucidat_private>
    >  Subject:      qpop3.0b20 and below - notes and exploit
    >
    >  	I found this overflow myself earlier this month.  Seems someone
    >  else recently found it before Qualcomm was able to issue a patch. The 2.x
    >  series is not vunlnerable because AUTH is not yet supported and the error
    >  returned by attempting to use AUTH does not call pop_msg() with any user
    >  input.
    >
    >  	There is also another overflow besides the AUTH overflow which can
    >  occur if a valid username and password are first entered also occuring in
    >  pop_msg().
    >  pop_get_subcommand.c contains this line near the bottom in qpopper3.0b20:
    >      pop_msg(p,POP_FAILURE,
    >              "Unknown command: \"%s %s\".",p->pop_command,p->pop_subcommand);
    >
    



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