Hitachi Groupmax Mail Security Option 6.0 SMIME Message memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Hitachi Groupmax Mail Security Option 6.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component SMIME Message Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2003-0564. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Hitachi Groupmax Mail Security Option 6.0 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component SMIME Message 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:

Multiple vulnerabilities in multiple vendor implementations of the Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) protocol allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via an S/MIME email message containing certain unexpected ASN.1 constructs, as demonstrated using the NISSC test suite.

The bug was discovered 11/04/2003. The weakness was published 12/01/2003 with NISCC as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is available at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2003-0564 since 07/15/2003. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 27 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14120 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mozilla (MDKSA-2004:021)), 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 4 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (13603), Tenable (14120), SecurityFocus (BID 8981†), OSVDB (4197†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-22190†). Similar entries are available at VDB-20862 and VDB-21750. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 14120
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mozilla (MDKSA-2004:021)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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07/15/2003 🔍
11/04/2003 +112 days 🔍
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12/01/2003 +26 days 🔍
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07/31/2004 +143 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hitachi.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Organization: NISCC
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2003-0564 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0564
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21010

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X-Force: 13603
SecurityFocus: 8981 - Multiple Vendor S/MIME ASN.1 Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 4197 - Multiple vendor S/MIME protocol implementation ASN.1 buffer overflow
Vulnerability Center: 22190 - Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) Protocol Allows Remote DoS and Code Execution, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/21/2014 17:27
Updated: 12/15/2024 22:48
Changes: 08/21/2014 17:27 (72), 09/05/2019 07:33 (5), 12/15/2024 22:48 (17)
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Cache ID: 216:3FA:103

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