Mutt up to 1.5.3 IMAP Reply memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mutt up to 1.5.3. It has been classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component IMAP Reply Handler. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2003-0140. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mutt up to 1.5.3 (Mail Client Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component IMAP Reply 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. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in Mutt 1.4.0 and possibly earlier versions, 1.5.x up to 1.5.3, and other programs that use Mutt code such as Balsa before 2.0.10, allows a remote malicious IMAP server to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted folder.

The bug was discovered 03/19/2003. The weakness was released 03/24/2003 by Alberto Solino with CORE Security Technologies (Website). The advisory is shared at marc.info. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2003-0140 since 03/13/2003. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14025 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mutt (MDKSA-2003:041-1)), 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 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (11583), Tenable (14025), SecurityFocus (BID 7120†), OSVDB (13398†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-15242†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 14025
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mutt (MDKSA-2003:041-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 53724
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 268-1 (mutt)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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03/13/2003 🔍
03/17/2003 +4 days 🔍
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03/24/2003 +5 days 🔍
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07/31/2004 +485 days 🔍
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08/08/2014 +2628 days 🔍
07/20/2019 +1807 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.info
Researcher: Alberto Solino
Organization: CORE Security Technologies
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-0140 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0140
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20221

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X-Force: 11583
SecurityFocus: 7120 - Mutt UTF-7 Internationalized Remote Folder Buffer Overrun Vulnerability
OSVDB: 13398 - Mutt long folder name buffer overflow
Vulnerability Center: 15242 - Mutt 1.4.0 and 1.5-1.5.3 Remote IMAP Server Can Cause DoS or Execute Arbitrary Code, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 08/08/2014 11:39
Updated: 07/20/2019 06:45
Changes: 08/08/2014 11:39 (76), 07/20/2019 06:45 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:39B:103

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