VDB-51775 · CVE-2010-0409 · SA38459

GNOME GMIME up to 2.4.13 memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in GNOME GMIME up to 2.4.13. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input 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. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in the GMIME_UUENCODE_LEN macro in gmime/gmime-encodings.h in GMime before 2.4.15 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via input data for a uuencode operation.

The weakness was published 02/08/2010 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at ftp.gnome.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-0409 since 01/27/2010. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 72074 (GLSA-201401-19 : GMime: Arbitrary code execution), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165233 (SUSE Security Update for Multiple Packages (SUSE-SR:2010:006)).

Upgrading to version 2.4.11 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (72074). Similar entries are available at 51851, 51480, 51427 and 50940.

Productinfo

Vendor

GNOME

Name

GMIME

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License

open-source

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 72074
Nessus Name: GLSA-201401-19 : GMime: Arbitrary code execution
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OpenVAS ID: 67836
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2082-1 (gmime2.2)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: GMIME 2.4.11

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01/27/2010 🔍
02/03/2010 +7 days 🔍
02/08/2010 +5 days 🔍
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03/01/2010 +21 days 🔍
01/22/2014 +1423 days 🔍
03/18/2015 +420 days 🔍
09/01/2021 +2359 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gnome.org

Advisory: ftp.gnome.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-0409 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 24937 - Gmime Prior to 2.4.15 Remote Arbitrary Code Execution or DoS Vulnerability via Uuencode Operation, High
Secunia: 38459 - GMime Uuencode Size Macro Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, Less Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 09/01/2021 07:12
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (61), 02/21/2017 17:20 (11), 09/01/2021 07:12 (3)
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