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Date:      Tue, 30 Jun 1998 13:15:38 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Nicole <nicole@mediacity.com>
To:        Jeremy Shaffner <jer@jorsm.com>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@FreeBSD.ORG, Sasha Egan <wildcard@dax.belen.k12.nm.us>, Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
Subject:   Re: Remote exploit in qpopper.
Message-ID:  <XFMail.980630131538.nicole@mediacity.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980630132340.24890F-100000@mercury.jorsm.com>

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On 30-Jun-98 Jeremy Shaffner wrote:
> 
> There is also a new version released today from Qualcomm.  2.5 is
> patched against all known problems.
> ftp://ftp.qualcomm.com/eudora/servers/popper/.
> 


 I just tried to go there and the eudora directory doesn't exist. i also tried
their other reccoemnded site. Anyone know of alternate sites?


 Nicole


> 
> FWIW, I compiled the exploit (known as qpush or qpop) and tried it on an
> unpatched 2.41beta1.  Although it did cause a overflow and popper exited
> with a signal 11, it did not provide a root shell.  The author of this
> particular exploit (It's available on the bugtraq list or from rootshell)
> says that it only works on 2.2 or 2.41b1 and only on Linux systems.  (The
> exploit itself can be run from any platform.)
> 
> The patches that Jordan has made do work.  You can get the new -current
> port and build that, or get 2.5 from qualcomm and build it yourself.
> 
> On Tue, 30 Jun 1998, Brian Somers wrote:
> 
>> > 
>> > Hey Brian, 
>> > I dunno if you have been watching some of the lists but there is some
>> > definate problems in Qualcom's popper...
>> [.....]
>> 
>> Looks like I spoke too soon.  A pile of patches have now been made to 
>> popper :-)
>> 
>> > Sasha Egan
>> > Belen Consolidated Schools
>> > Belen, NM 
>> > (505) 861-4981
>> > pager: (505) 875-8866
>> 
>> -- 
>> Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <brian@OpenBSD.org>
>>       <http://www.Awfulhak.org>;
>> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
>> 
>> 
>> 
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