Pine "From:" message header denial of service
| pine-from-header-dos (10555) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Pine (Program for Internet News & Email) is vulnerable to a denial of service attack, caused by a buffer overflow. By sending an email message with a specially-crafted sender address in the "From:" message header, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and cause Pine to crash and core dump. The message must be manually removed from the message spool in order for Pine to regain normal functionality.
Note: It is unknown whether this vulnerability could be exploited to execute code on the system.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Apply the appropriate release for this vulnerability, as listed in Sun Alert ID: 55740. See References.
For EnGarde Secure Linux Community Edition:
Upgrade to the latest pine package (4.50-1.0.9 or later), as listed in EnGarde Secure Linux Security Advisory ESA-20021127-032. See References
For Gentoo Linux:
Upgrade versions net-mail/pine-4.44-r5 and earlier, as listed in Gentoo Linux Security Announcement 200212-1. See References.
For EnGarde Secure Linux Community Edition:
Upgrade to the latest pine package (4.50-1.0.9 or later), as listed in EnGarde Secure Linux Security Advisory 20021127-032. See References.
For Mandrake Linux:
Upgrade to the latest pine package (4.50-1.1mdk or later), as listed in MandrakeSoft Security Advisory MDKSA-2002:084 : pine. See References.
For Conectiva Linux:
Upgrade to the latest pine package, as listed below. Refer to Conectiva Linux Announcement CLSA-2002:551 for more information. See References.
Conectiva Linux 7.0: 4.50L-1U70_1cl or later
Conectiva Linux 8.0: 4.50L-1U80_1cl or later
For Red Hat Linux:
Upgrade to the latest pine package, as listed below. Refer to Red Hat Linux Security Advisory RHSA-2002:270-16 for more information. See References.
Red Hat 6.2: pine-4.44-1.62.1 or later
Red Hat Linux 7.0: pine-4.44-1.70.2 or later
Red Hat Linux 7.1: pine-4.44-1.71.1 or later
Red Hat Linux 7.2: pine-4.44-1.72.2 or later
Red Hat Linux 7.3: pine-4.44-7.73.0 or later
Red Hat Linux 8.0: pine-4.44-14.80.0 or later
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Nov 07 2002 - 07:16:13 CST : Remote pine Denial of Service.
- Conectiva Linux Announcement CLSA-2002:551: pine -- denial of service.
- EnGarde Secure Linux Security Advisory ESA-20021127-032: Version upgrade, security fixes..
- Gentoo Linux Security Announcement 200212-1: pine -- remote DOS.
- Sun Alert ID: 55740: Sun Linux 5.0 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability In "Pine" May Allow Remote Unprivileged Users to Cause a Denial of Service.
- University of Washington Web site: Pine Information Center.
- BID-6120: Pine From: Field Heap Corruption Vulnerability
- CVE-2002-1320: Pine 4.44 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (core dump and failed restart) via an email message with a From header that contains a large number of quotation marks ().
- MDKSA-2002:084: Updated pine packages fix buffer overflow vulnerability
- RHSA-2002-270: Updated pine packages available
- RHSA-2002-271: pine security update
- SUSE-SA:2002:046: pine: remote denial-of-service
- US-CERT VU#780737: Pine MUA contains buffer overflow in addr_list_string()
Platforms Affected:
- Conectiva Linux 7.0
- Conectiva Linux 8.0
- EngardeLinux Secure Linux
- EngardeLinux Secure Professional
- Gentoo Linux
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 7.2
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 8.0
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 8.0 PPC
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 8.1
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 8.1 IA64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 8.2 PPC
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 8.2
- Novell SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7.0
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS
- RedHat Linux 6.2
- RedHat Linux 7
- RedHat Linux 7.1
- RedHat Linux 7.1 for iSeries
- RedHat Linux 7.1 for pSeries
- RedHat Linux 7.2
- RedHat Linux 7.3
- RedHat Linux 8.0
- RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 Itanium
- Sun Linux 5.0
- SuSE SuSE eMail Server 3.1
- SuSE SuSE eMail Server III
- SUSE SuSE Linux 7.1
- SUSE SuSE Linux 7.2
- SUSE SuSE Linux 7.3
- SUSE SuSE Linux 8.0
- SUSE SuSE Linux 8.1
- SuSE SuSE Linux Connectivity Server
- SuSE SuSE Linux Database Server
- SuSE SuSE Linux Office Server
- University of Washington Pine 4.44
Reported:
Nov 07, 2002
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