A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported for the MediaMail binary that may result in a user obtaining elevated privileges. Although unconfirmed, an attacker, using a custom crafted string, could overwrite stack memory, including the return address of a function, and potentially execute arbitrary code with group 'mail' privileges. This vulnerability may be related to the issue described in BID 4959.
A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported for the MediaMail binary that may result in a user obtaining elevated privileges. Although unconfirmed, an attacker, using a custom crafted string, could overwrite stack memory, including the return address of a function, and potentially execute arbitrary code with group 'mail' privileges. This vulnerability may be related to the issue described in BID 4959.