GLSA-200511-13 : Sylpheed, Sylpheed-Claws: Buffer overflow in LDIF importer

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200511-13 Sylpheed, Sylpheed-Claws: Buffer overflow in LDIF importer Colin Leroy reported buffer overflow vulnerabilities in Sylpheed and Sylpheed-Claws. The LDIF importer uses a fixed length buffer to store data of variable lengt...

Sylpheed, Sylpheed-Claws: Buffer overflow in LDIF importer

Background Sylpheed is a lightweight email client and newsreader. Sylpheed-Claws is a 'bleeding edge' version of Sylpheed. They both support the import of address books in LDIF Lightweight Directory Interchange Format. Description Colin Leroy reported buffer overflow vulnerabilities in Sylpheed a...