Paul L. Daniels alterMIME 0.1.10/0.1.11 X-Header snprintf FFGET_FILE off-by-one

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Paul L. Daniels alterMIME 0.1.10/0.1.11. This issue affects the function snprintf of the component X-Header Handler. Such manipulation of the argument FFGET_FILE leads to off-by-one. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2002-1721. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Paul L. Daniels alterMIME 0.1.10/0.1.11 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function snprintf of the component X-Header Handler. The manipulation of the argument FFGET_FILE with an unknown input leads to a off-by-one vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-193. A product calculates or uses an incorrect maximum or minimum value that is 1 more, or 1 less, than the correct value. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Off-by-one error in alterMIME 0.1.10 and 0.1.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an x-header that causes snprintf overwrite the FFGET_FILE variable with a (null) byte.

The weakness was shared 12/31/2002 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-1721 since 06/21/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (8992) and SecurityFocus (BID 4650†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Off-by-one
CWE: CWE-193 / CWE-189
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

04/26/2002 🔍
12/31/2002 +249 days 🔍
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06/21/2005 +903 days 🔍
08/04/2014 +3331 days 🔍
06/09/2018 +1405 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2002-1721 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1721
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-19364
X-Force: 8992 - alterMIME snprintf() denial of service
SecurityFocus: 4650

Entryinfo

Created: 08/04/2014 16:36
Updated: 06/09/2018 11:07
Changes: 08/04/2014 16:36 (49), 06/09/2018 11:07 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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