GNOME Evolution up to 2.3.7 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in GNOME Evolution up to 2.3.7. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-0528. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in GNOME Evolution up to 2.3.7 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

The cairo library (libcairo), as used in GNOME Evolution and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent client crash) via an attached text file that contains "Content-Disposition: inline" in the header, and a very long line in the body, which causes the client to repeatedly crash until the e-mail message is manually removed, possibly due to a buffer overflow, as demonstrated using an XML attachment.

The bug was discovered 01/28/2006. The weakness was released 02/02/2006 by Mike Davis (Website). The advisory is shared at ubuntulinux.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-0528 since 02/02/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21115 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : cairo (MDKSA-2006:057)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (25050), Exploit-DB (27145), Tenable (21115), SecurityFocus (BID 16408†) and OSVDB (22923†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-29117. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 21115
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : cairo (MDKSA-2006:057)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gnome.org

Advisory: ubuntulinux.org
Researcher: Mike Davis
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-0528 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-0528
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-28561
X-Force: 25050
SecurityFocus: 16408 - GNOME Evolution Inline XML File Attachment Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 19094 - GNOME Evolution Email Handling Denial of Service, Less Critical
OSVDB: 22923 - GNOME - Evolution - Inline XML File Attachment Buffer Overflow Issue
Vulnerability Center: 10794 - libcairo Remote DoS via Attachment with \, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 01/19/2025 11:57
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (73), 06/15/2019 21:11 (5), 01/19/2025 11:57 (27)
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