GNU Mailutils 0.5/0.6 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GNU Mailutils 0.5/0.6. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2005-1522. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GNU Mailutils 0.5/0.6. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

The imap4d server for GNU Mailutils 0.5 and 0.6, and other versions before 0.6.90, allows authenticated remote users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large range value in the FETCH command.

The bug was discovered 05/25/2005. The weakness was published 05/26/2005 by infamous41md (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-1522 since 05/12/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18519 (Debian DSA-732-1 : mailutils - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 0.5 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 (20728), Tenable (18519), SecurityFocus (BID 13765†), OSVDB (16856†) and Secunia (SA15442†). Similar entries are available at VDB-25356, VDB-25354 and VDB-25353. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 18519
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-732-1 : mailutils - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 53561
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 732-1 (mailutils)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mailutils 0.5

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gnu.org

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: infamous41md
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-1522 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-1522
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-25355
X-Force: 20728
SecurityFocus: 13765 - GNU Mailutils Imap4d Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 15442 - Mailutils Four Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 16856 - iDEFENSE-SA-05.25.05 - GNU Mailutils 0.6 imap4d FETCH Command Resource Consumption DoS Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1014052
Vulnerability Center: 8231 - DoS in GNU Mailutils 0.5, 0.6 via FETCH Command, Medium

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Created: 03/11/2015 11:41
Updated: 06/02/2019 09:09
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:41 (75), 06/02/2019 09:09 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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