8567098 2002-06-07 15:13 -0700 /90 rader/ Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com> Sänt av: joel@lysator.liu.se Importerad: 2002-06-08 19:35 av Brevbäraren Extern mottagare: bugtraq@securityfocus.com Mottagare: Bugtraq (import) <22543> Ärende: Pine 4.44 Privacy Patch ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com> To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com Message-ID: <20020607151246.V46348-100000@roble.com> Problem description: The Pine email client allows users to define the "From:" address independent of their Unix username. This is an indispensable feature for help desks and other role accounts. Unfortunately, user names and/or ids can still be leaked due to Pine's insertion of "Sender:" and/or "X-Sender:" headers. Pine versions earlier than 4.44 may also insert the Unix username into other envelope and header fields. Solution: Applying the following patch to pine 4.4 will cause {X-}Sender: headers to be omitted. Users may also need to define a remote "smtp-server" to prevent certain local MTAs from inserting this information. Other details on changing Pine's "From:" line are detailed in the FAQ at: http://www.washington.edu/pine/faq/config.html#9.5 To apply this patch, download the source code from: ftp://ftp.cac.washington.edu/pine/ Unpack (tar xzvf ...) and cd into the source directory, apply the patch (patch < patch_file_name) and recompile per the documentation. Disclaimers: This patch has been tested under Solaris and FreeBSD operating systems using the gcc compiler, however, no warranty is made regarding its accuracy or reliability. Use it at your own risk. Pine and Pico are registered trademarks of the University of Washington. No commercial use of these trademarks may be made without prior written permission of the University of Washington. Pine, Pico, and Pilot software and its included text are Copyright 1989-2002 by the University of Washington. -- Roger Marquis Roble Systems Consulting http://www.roble.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- --- pine/send.c.orig Tue Jan 8 12:59:37 2002 +++ pine/send.c Sat Mar 9 09:17:08 2002 @@ -3989,12 +3989,15 @@ outgoing->return_path = rfc822_cpy_adr(outgoing->from); + /* * Don't ever believe the sender that is there. * If From doesn't look quite right, generate our own sender. */ + /**** fix u-washington anti-privacy loophole if(outgoing->sender) mail_free_address(&outgoing->sender); + /**** /* * If the LHS of the address doesn't match, or the RHS @@ -4003,6 +4006,7 @@ * * Don't add a personal_name since the user can change that. */ + /**** fix u-washington anti-privacy loophole if(!outgoing->from || !outgoing->from->mailbox || strucmp(outgoing->from->mailbox, ps_global->VAR_USER_ID) != 0 @@ -4014,6 +4018,7 @@ outgoing->sender->mailbox = cpystr(ps_global->VAR_USER_ID); outgoing->sender->host = cpystr(ps_global->hostname); } + /**** /*----- Message is edited, now decide what to do with it ----*/ if(editor_result & (COMP_SUSPEND | COMP_GOTHUP | COMP_CANCEL)){ -------------------------------------------------------------------- (8567098) /Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com>/(Ombruten)