VDB-27684 · CVE-2005-4445 · BID 15973

David Harris Pegasus Mail up to 4.21a off-by-one

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in David Harris Pegasus Mail up to 4.21a. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation results in off-by-one. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2005-4445. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in David Harris Pegasus Mail up to 4.21a. Affected is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a off-by-one vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-193. A product calculates or uses an incorrect maximum or minimum value that is 1 more, or 1 less, than the correct value. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Off-by-one error in Pegasus Mail 4.21a through 4.21c and 4.30PB1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long email message header, which triggers a one-byte buffer overflow.

The bug was discovered 12/13/2005. The weakness was shared 12/20/2005 by Tan Chew Keong with Secunia Research (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-4445 since 12/21/2005. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 7 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 15973†), OSVDB (21843†), Secunia (SA17992†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1015385†). The entry VDB-27683 is related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Off-by-one
CWE: CWE-193 / CWE-189
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

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08/05/2017 +877 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Tan Chew Keong
Organization: Secunia Research
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-4445 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-4445
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-27684
SecurityFocus: 15973 - Pegasus Mail Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 17992 - Pegasus Mail Buffer Overflow and Off-by-One Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 21843 - Pegasus Mail RFC2822 Message Display Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1015385 - Pegasus Mail Buffer Overflows in Processing POP3 Mail and Displaying Message Headers Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 08/05/2017 09:27
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (61), 08/05/2017 09:27 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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