University of Washington Pine 4.0.4/4.10/4.21 FROM memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in University of Washington Pine 4.0.4/4.10/4.21. It has been declared as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component FROM Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2000-0909. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in University of Washington Pine 4.0.4/4.10/4.21. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component FROM 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. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in the automatic mail checking component of Pine 4.21 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long From: header.

The weakness was published 12/19/2000 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2000-0909. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 61859 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : pine (MDKSA-2000:073-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (5283), Exploit-DB (20237), Tenable (61859) and SecurityFocus (BID 1709†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 61859
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : pine (MDKSA-2000:073-1)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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11/27/2000 +65 days 🔍
12/19/2000 +22 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: washington.edu

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2000-0909 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0909
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16120
X-Force: 5283
SecurityFocus: 1709 - Pine "From:" Field Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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

Entryinfo

Created: 07/01/2014 17:23
Updated: 12/19/2024 13:09
Changes: 07/01/2014 17:23 (62), 04/30/2019 18:12 (2), 12/19/2024 13:09 (19)
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