University of Washington Pine up to 4.44 C-Client Library Content-type input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in University of Washington Pine 4.20/4.21/4.30/4.33/4.44 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component C-Client Library. The manipulation of the argument Content-type leads to input validation. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2002-2325. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in University of Washington Pine 4.20/4.21/4.30/4.33/4.44 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component C-Client Library. The manipulation of the argument Content-type with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

The c-client library in Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) dated before 2002 RC2, as used by Pine 4.20 through 4.44, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client crash) via a MIME-encoded email with Content-Type header containing an empty boundary field.

The weakness was disclosed 12/31/2002 by Martin J. Muench (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at online.securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2002-2325 since 10/26/2007. 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 as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (9668), Exploit-DB (21644) and SecurityFocus (BID 5301†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

07/24/2002 🔍
12/31/2002 +160 days 🔍
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10/26/2007 +1760 days 🔍
08/07/2014 +2477 days 🔍
02/18/2025 +3848 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: washington.edu

Advisory: online.securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Martin J. Muench
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2002-2325 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-2325
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-19967
X-Force: 9668 - Pine MIME encoded blank boundary denial of service
SecurityFocus: 5301 - Pine Empty MIME Boundary Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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

Entryinfo

Created: 08/07/2014 12:30
Updated: 02/18/2025 05:54
Changes: 08/07/2014 12:30 (52), 06/12/2018 10:58 (3), 02/18/2025 05:54 (25)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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