enigmail 0.92.0 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in enigmail 0.92.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. This manipulation causes denial of service. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-5877. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in enigmail 0.92.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

The enigmail extension before 0.94.2 does not properly handle large, encrypted file e-mail attachments, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), as demonstrated with Mozilla Thunderbird.

The bug was discovered 01/11/2007. The weakness was shared 02/23/2007 by Mikhail with Mikhail Markin (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at ubuntu.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-5877 since 11/14/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 43 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 28020 (Ubuntu 5.10 / 6.06 LTS / 6.10 : enigmail vulnerability (USN-427-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 0.94.2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (32609), Tenable (28020), SecurityFocus (BID 22684†), OSVDB (45258†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-16812†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 28020
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 5.10 / 6.06 LTS / 6.10 : enigmail vulnerability (USN-427-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 840058
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu Update for nss USN-2159-1
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: enigmail 0.94.2

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11/14/2006 🔍
01/11/2007 +58 days 🔍
01/11/2007 +0 days 🔍
02/23/2007 +43 days 🔍
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02/23/2007 +0 days 🔍
11/10/2007 +260 days 🔍
11/13/2007 +3 days 🔍
03/13/2015 +2677 days 🔍
07/30/2019 +1600 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ubuntu.com
Researcher: Mikhail
Organization: Mikhail Markin
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2006-5877 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-5877
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-35179
X-Force: 32609
SecurityFocus: 22684 - Enigmail Memory Allocation Denial Of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 45258 - Enigmail - Memory Allocation - Denial Of Service Issue
Vulnerability Center: 16812 - Enigmail Extension < 0.94.2 Remote Denial of Service, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2015 12:16
Updated: 07/30/2019 10:55
Changes: 03/13/2015 12:16 (72), 07/30/2019 10:55 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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