Bug#506188: ssmtp: something like memory disclosure at the end of mails

2008-11-20 Thread Alexandre Rossi
retitle 506188 ssmtp: unitialized memory disclosure when sending mails with no trailing newline severity 506188 important tag 506188 security patch thanks Okay I had time tot investigate this further. That's why I'm renaming and raising severity. The problem occurs when sending mail using ssmtp w

Bug#506188: ssmtp: something like memory disclosure at the end of mails

2008-11-18 Thread Alexandre Rossi
Package: ssmtp Version: 2.62-2.1 Severity: normal For a few days now, I have noticed garbage at the end of my Logwatch mails that are sent using ssmtp. The following short perl script made from Logwatch source code triggers the bug: -- #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my $out_mime = ''; open(OUT