[Secure-testing-team] Bug#530430: mimedecode: segfault on invalid input

[Sami Liedes]

Package: mimedecode
Version: 1.9-4
Severity: normal
Tags: security

Hi,

I don't know if this has a security impact, but I guess it could since
emails are come by their very nature from the network.

mimedecode segfaults on invalid input:

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$ echo -n '(' |mimedecode
Segmentation fault
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	Sami


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.29.3 (SMP w/4 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
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