Sympa up to 3.3.6b.2 input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Sympa up to 3.3.6b.2. The impacted element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in input validation. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2008-1648. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sympa up to 3.3.6b.2. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Sympa before 5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via an e-mail message with a malformed value of the Content-Type header and unspecified other headers. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

The bug was discovered 03/27/2008. The weakness was shared 04/02/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-1648 since 04/02/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 33401 (Debian DSA-1600-1 : sympa - dos), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 3.3.6b.3 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41561), Tenable (33401), SecurityFocus (BID 28539†), OSVDB (43981†) and Secunia (SA29575†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 33401
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1600-1 : sympa - dos
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Sympa 3.3.6b.3

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03/27/2008 🔍
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04/02/2008 +6 days 🔍
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03/16/2015 +2442 days 🔍
08/08/2019 +1606 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-1648 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1648
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41829

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X-Force: 41561
SecurityFocus: 28539 - Sympa 'Content-Type' Header Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 29575
OSVDB: 43981 - Sympa - 'Content-Type' Header Remote Denial Of Service Issue
Vulnerability Center: 18102 - Sympa Denial of Service via Content-Type Header, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-1080

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 08/08/2019 09:10
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (68), 08/08/2019 09:10 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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