University of Washington C-Client Library X-Keyword Header memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in University of Washington C-Client Library and classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component X-Keyword Header Handler. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2000-0847. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in University of Washington C-Client Library (Software Library). Affected is an unknown code of the component X-Keyword Header Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in University of Washington c-client library (used by pine and other programs) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long X-Keywords header.

The weakness was presented 11/14/2000 by FIRST (Website). The advisory is available at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2000-0847. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (5223) and SecurityFocus (BID 1646†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Affected

  • University of Washington imap 4.7b/4.7c
  • University of Washington Pine 4.20/4.21

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Exploitinginfo

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

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

09/06/2000 🔍
11/14/2000 +69 days 🔍
11/14/2000 +0 days 🔍
06/30/2014 +4976 days 🔍
04/06/2019 +1741 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: washington.edu

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: FIRST
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2000-0847 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0847
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15978
X-Force: 5223 - Univ. of Washington c-client denial of service
SecurityFocus: 1646 - University of Washington c-client DoS Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 06/30/2014 13:12
Updated: 04/06/2019 09:26
Changes: 06/30/2014 13:12 (54), 04/06/2019 09:26 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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