Sun OpenWindows 3.6/3.6.1/3.6.2 mailtool denial of service

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Sun OpenWindows 3.6/3.6.1/3.6.2. This affects an unknown code of the component mailtool. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Mailtool for OpenWindows 3.6, 3.6.1, and 3.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (mailtool segmentation violation and crash) via a malformed mail attachment.

The bug was discovered 11/27/2002. The weakness was released 11/29/2002 with Sun Microsystems (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at sunsolve.sun.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2002-1588 since 02/08/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (10732).

Productinfo

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OpenWindows

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commercial

Support

end of life

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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OpenVAS ID: 855334
OpenVAS Name: Solaris Update for usr/lib/utmp_update 113718-04
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: sunsolve.sun.com⛔
Organization: Sun Microsystems
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-1588 (🔍)
X-Force: 10732 - Sun Solaris OpenWindows mailtool(1) denial of service
Vulnerability Center: 20397 - Sun OpenWindows 3.6 - 3.6.2 Mailtool Allows Remote Denial Of Service via a Malformed Mail Attachment, High
SecurityFocus: 6279 - Sun Solaris MailTool Attachment Denial Of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 15979 - Sun Solaris OS, Denial Of Service Attack via MailTool Attachment

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Created: 07/31/2014 16:52
Updated: 08/23/2019 10:11
Changes: 07/31/2014 16:52 (66), 08/23/2019 10:11 (3)
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