bogofilter Email Filter 0.96.2 heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in bogofilter Email Filter 0.96.2. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2005-4592. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in bogofilter Email Filter 0.96.2. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Heap-based buffer overflow in bogofilter and bogolexer 0.96.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via words that are longer than the input buffer used by flex.

The bug was discovered 01/02/2006. The weakness was released 12/31/2005 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-4592 since 01/01/2006. 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.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21500 (FreeBSD : bogofilter -- heap corruption through excessively long words (b747b2a9-7be0-11da-8ec4-0002b3b60e4c)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 1 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (24119), Tenable (21500), SecurityFocus (BID 16171†), OSVDB (22279†) and Secunia (SA18352†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-27910. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 21500
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : bogofilter -- heap corruption through excessively long words (b747b2a9-7be0-11da-8ec4-0002b3b60e4c)
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OpenVAS ID: 56104
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: bogofilter
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Recommended: Upgrade
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12/31/2005 🔍
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01/01/2006 +1 days 🔍
01/02/2006 +1 days 🔍
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01/07/2006 +5 days 🔍
01/09/2006 +2 days 🔍
05/13/2006 +124 days 🔍
05/22/2006 +9 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3216 days 🔍
06/18/2019 +1559 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-4592 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-4592
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-27911
X-Force: 24119
SecurityFocus: 16171 - Bogofilter Multiple Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 18352
OSVDB: 22279 - bogofilter flex input long word buffer overflow
Vulnerability Center: 11504 - Bogofilter Heap Overflow via Long Word, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-0100

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 06/18/2019 11:54
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (70), 06/18/2019 11:54 (9)
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