Hypermail up to 2.1.5 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Hypermail up to 2.1.5. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2003-0057. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Hypermail up to 2.1.5 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple buffer overflows in Hypermail 2 before 2.1.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code (1) via a long attachment filename that is not properly handled by the hypermail executable, or (2) by connecting to the mail CGI program from an IP address that reverse-resolves to a long hostname.

The weakness was presented 02/19/2003 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2003-0057. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 13777 (SUSE-SA:2003:0012: hypermail), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 2.1.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (11158), Tenable (13777), SecurityFocus (BID 6690†), Secunia (SA8030†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-25561†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit 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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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 13777
Nessus Name: SUSE-SA:2003:0012: hypermail
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OpenVAS ID: 53323
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 248-1 (hypermail)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Hypermail 2.1.6

Timelineinfo

01/27/2003 🔍
02/10/2003 +14 days 🔍
02/19/2003 +8 days 🔍
02/19/2003 +0 days 🔍
07/25/2004 +521 days 🔍
05/06/2005 +285 days 🔍
04/28/2010 +1818 days 🔍
08/07/2014 +1562 days 🔍
06/28/2021 +2517 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-0057 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0057
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20138
X-Force: 11158
SecurityFocus: 6690
Secunia: 8030 - Debian updates to hypermail, Moderately Critical
Vulnerability Center: 25561 - Hypermail 2-2.1.5 Remote Arbitrary Code Execution or Dos Vulnerability, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 08/07/2014 17:56
Updated: 06/28/2021 12:25
Changes: 08/07/2014 17:56 (60), 09/29/2018 12:33 (8), 06/28/2021 12:25 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:62E:103

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