VDB-15878 · CVE-2000-0736 · BID 1588

Rimarts Inc. Becky Internet Mail up to 1.26.04 MIME Header Content-type memory corruption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Rimarts Inc. Becky Internet Mail up to 1.26.04. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component MIME Header Handler. The manipulation of the argument Content-type with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in Becky! Internet Mail client 1.26.04 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long Content-type: MIME header when the user forwards a message.

The weakness was presented 10/20/2000 by Nobuo Miwa as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2000-0736. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 1.26.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

See 15877 for similar entry.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Becky Internet Mail 1.26.4

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08/19/2000 🔍
10/20/2000 +62 days 🔍
10/20/2000 +0 days 🔍
06/27/2014 +4998 days 🔍
04/06/2019 +1744 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Nobuo Miwa
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2000-0736 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 1588 - Becky! Internet Mail Header Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/27/2014 15:17
Updated: 04/06/2019 06:31
Changes: 06/27/2014 15:17 (55), 04/06/2019 06:31 (1)
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