Microsoft Outlook 2000/2002/2003 Header resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Microsoft Outlook 2000/2002/2003. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Header Handler. This manipulation causes resource management. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-1305. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Microsoft Outlook 2000/2002/2003 (Groupware Software). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Header Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

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 bug was discovered 01/09/2007. The weakness was shared 01/09/2007 by Stuart Pearson with Microsoft as MS07-003 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-1305 since 03/20/2006. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (31187), Tenable (23999), SecurityFocus (BID 21937†), OSVDB (31253†) and Secunia (SA23674†). The entries VDB-2810, VDB-2808 and VDB-34322 are related to this item. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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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

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS07-003
Researcher: Stuart Pearson
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-1305 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-1305
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2809

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X-Force: 31187
SecurityFocus: 21937 - Microsoft Outlook Malformed Email Header Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 23674 - Microsoft Outlook Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 31253 - Microsoft Outlook E-mail Header Processing Unspecified DoS
SecurityTracker: 1017488
SecuriTeam: securiteam.com
Vulnerability Center: 13964 - [MS07-003] Microsoft Outlook Denial of Service via Malformed E-Mail Header Information, Medium
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 (98), 07/13/2019 16:12 (2), 01/20/2025 06:32 (17)
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Cache ID: 216:B14:103

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