Rimarts Inc. Becky Internet Mail up to 1.26.3 MIME Header Content-type memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Rimarts Inc. Becky Internet Mail up to 1.26.3. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component MIME Header Handler. This manipulation of the argument Content-type causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2000-0735. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Rimarts Inc. Becky Internet Mail up to 1.26.3. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component MIME Header Handler. The manipulation of the argument Content-type 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 Becky! Internet Mail client 1.26.03 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long Content-type: MIME header when the user replies to a message.

The bug was discovered 08/19/2000. The weakness was disclosed 10/20/2000 by Nobuo Miwa as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2000-0735. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 62 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 1.26.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (5110), SecurityFocus (BID 1588†), OSVDB (13730†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-7415†). The entry VDB-15878 is pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Becky Internet Mail 1.26.4

Timelineinfo

08/19/2000 🔍
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10/20/2000 +62 days 🔍
10/20/2000 +0 days 🔍
03/10/2005 +1602 days 🔍
03/23/2005 +13 days 🔍
06/27/2014 +3383 days 🔍
05/31/2019 +1798 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Nobuo Miwa
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2000-0735 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0735
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15877
X-Force: 5110
SecurityFocus: 1588 - Becky! Internet Mail Header Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: 13730 - Becky Internet Mail header denial of service
Vulnerability Center: 7415 - Signature Validation Vulnerability in Becky! S/MIME plug-in <= 1.26.03, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/27/2014 15:10
Updated: 05/31/2019 00:08
Changes: 06/27/2014 15:10 (64), 05/31/2019 00:08 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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