Sky Communications Skyfull 1.1.4 Mail From memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Sky Communications Skyfull 1.1.4 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Mail From Handler. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-1999-0873. Moreover, an exploit is present. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sky Communications Skyfull 1.1.4 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Mail From Handler. The manipulation 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. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in Skyfull mail server via MAIL FROM command.

The weakness was disclosed 10/30/1999 by Shadow (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-1999-0873. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (3430), Exploit-DB (19584), SecurityFocus (BID 759†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-752†). The entry VDB-14803 is pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

10/30/1999 🔍
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01/29/2003 +1187 days 🔍
06/22/2014 +4162 days 🔍
03/13/2025 +3917 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Shadow
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-0873 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0873
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14927
X-Force: 3430
SecurityFocus: 759 - Skyfull Mail Server MAIL FROM Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 752 - Skyfull Mail Server MAIL FROM Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/22/2014 14:14
Updated: 03/13/2025 01:00
Changes: 06/22/2014 14:14 (62), 05/08/2019 15:52 (1), 03/13/2025 01:00 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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