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A vulnerability has been found in Red Hat Linux up to 6.1 (Operating System) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the component nmh. The manipulation as part of a Email leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Buffer overflow in mhshow in the Linux nmh package allows remote attackers to execute commands via malformed MIME headers in an email message.
The issue has been introduced in 11/02/1998. The weakness was presented 02/28/2000 (Website). The advisory is available at redhat.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2000-0196. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 483 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
See 15357 for similar entry.
Affected
- Red Hat Linux up to 6.2
- Turbolinux up to 6.0.2
Product
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
11/02/1998 🔍02/28/2000 🔍
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06/23/2014 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: redhat.comAdvisory: redhat.com
Researcher: This vulnerability was posted to the Bugtraq mailing list on February 29, 2000 by ruud@ruud.org (Ruud de Rooij)
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2000-0196 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 1018 - nmh Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 06/23/2014 23:14Updated: 10/08/2020 11:02
Changes: 06/23/2014 23:14 (53), 04/14/2019 20:37 (3), 10/08/2020 11:02 (1)
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