Microsoft Outlook 2000/2002/2003 Meeting VEVENT resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Microsoft Outlook 2000/2002/2003. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Meeting Handler. The manipulation as part of VEVENT results in resource management. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-1305. There is no available exploit. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Outlook 2000/2002/2003 (Groupware Software). Affected is an unknown functionality of the component Meeting Handler. The manipulation as part of a VEVENT leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Outlook 2000, 2002, and 2003 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion and interrupted mail recovery) via malformed e-mail header information, possibly related to (1) long subject lines or (2) large numbers of recipients in To or CC headers.

The weakness was presented 01/09/2007 by Lurene Grenier with Sourcefire as MS07-003 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-1305 since 03/20/2006. 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.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 23999 (MS07-003: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Outlook Could Allow Remote Code Execution (925938)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110049 (Microsoft Outlook Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS07-003)).

Applying the patch MS07-003 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 9841.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (23999), SecurityFocus (BID 21937†), OSVDB (31252†), Secunia (SA23674†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1017488†). See VDB-2810, VDB-2809 and VDB-34322 for similar entries. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 23999
Nessus Name: MS07-003: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Outlook Could Allow Remote Code Execution (925938)
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Patch: MS07-003

Snort ID: 9841

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS07-003
Researcher: Lurene Grenier
Organization: Sourcefire
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-1305 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-1305
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2808

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SecurityFocus: 21937 - Microsoft Outlook Malformed Email Header Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 23674 - Microsoft Outlook Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 31252 - Microsoft Outlook VEVENT Record Handling Remote Code Execution
SecurityTracker: 1017488
SecuriTeam: securiteam.com
Vupen: ADV-2007-0104

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/12/2007 09:46
Updated: 01/20/2025 06:32
Changes: 01/12/2007 09:46 (93), 04/28/2019 06:27 (1), 01/20/2025 06:32 (17)
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