VDB-1267 · CVE-2005-0667 · XFDB 19600

Sylpheed up to 1.0.2 Email Reply Header memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sylpheed up to 1.0.2. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Email Reply Header Handler. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2005-0667. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sylpheed up to 1.0.2. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Email Reply Header Handler. 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 Sylpheed before 1.0.3 and other versions before 1.9.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an e-mail message with certain headers containing non-ASCII characters that are not properly handled when the user replies to the message.

The bug was discovered 03/07/2005. The weakness was disclosed 03/07/2005 with Sylpheed Team (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at secunia.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-0667 since 03/07/2005. 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 17582 (GLSA-200503-26 : Sylpheed, Sylpheed-claws: Message reply overflow), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at sylpheed.good-day.net. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19600), Tenable (17582), SecurityFocus (BID 12730†), OSVDB (14570†) and Secunia (SA14491†). The entry VDB-1316 is pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

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Sylpheed

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 17582
Nessus Name: GLSA-200503-26 : Sylpheed, Sylpheed-claws: Message reply overflow
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OpenVAS ID: 52152
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: sylpheed, sylpheed-claws, sylpheed-gtk2
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: sylpheed.good-day.net

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: http://sylpheed.good-day.net
Organization: Sylpheed Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-0667 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0667
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1267
X-Force: 19600
SecurityFocus: 12730 - Sylpheed Mail Client Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 14491 - Sylpheed Message Reply Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 14570 - Sylpheed Message Header Processing Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1013376
Vulnerability Center: 7406 - Buffer Overflow in Sylpheed < 1.0.3, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2005 14:44
Updated: 07/01/2019 16:45
Changes: 03/10/2005 14:44 (93), 07/01/2019 16:45 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:7FF:103

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