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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Ximian Evolution up to 1.2.2. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Uuencoded Header Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory allocation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-789. The product allocates memory based on an untrusted, large size value, but it does not ensure that the size is within expected limits, allowing arbitrary amounts of memory to be allocated. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Ximian Evolution Mail User Agent 1.2.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a mail message that is uuencoded multiple times.

The weakness was released 03/24/2003 by Alberto Solino with CORE Security Technologies (Website). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2003-0129 since 03/13/2003. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14029 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : evolution (MDKSA-2003:045)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (14029). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 20215 and 20217.

Productinfo

Vendor

• Ximian

Name

• Evolution

Version

• 1.0.3
• 1.0.4
• 1.0.5
• 1.0.6
• 1.0.7
• 1.0.8
• 1.1.1
• 1.2
• 1.2.1
• 1.2.2

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory allocation
CWE: CWE-789 / CWE-400 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 14029
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : evolution (MDKSA-2003:045)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

03/13/2003 🔍
03/17/2003 +4 days 🔍
03/24/2003 +7 days 🔍
03/24/2003 +0 days 🔍
04/15/2003 +22 days 🔍
07/31/2004 +473 days 🔍
08/08/2014 +3660 days 🔍
06/13/2018 +1405 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Alberto Solino
Organization: CORE Security Technologies
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-0129 (🔍)
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SecurityFocus: 7118 - Ximian Evolution UUEncoding Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/08/2014 11:37
Updated: 06/13/2018 09:20
Changes: 08/08/2014 11:37 (53), 06/13/2018 09:20 (12)
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