Microsoft Outlook Express malformed email header denial of service
| outlook-malformed-email-header-dos (16585) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Microsoft Outlook Express is vulnerable to a denial of service attack. By sending an email with a malformed email header, a remote attacker could cause the recipient's email client to crash, once the victim attempts to open the malicious email.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Apply the appropriate patch for your system, as listed in the latest Microsoft Security Bulletin. See References.
— OR —
Use Microsoft Automatic Update if it is supported by your operating system. The original bulletin issued by Microsoft has been superseded.
References:
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-018: Cumulative Security Update for Outlook Express (823353).
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-030: Cumulative Security Update in Outlook Express (897715).
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-016: Cumulative Security Update for Outlook Express (911567).
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-076: Cumulative Security Update for Outlook Express (923694).
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-034: Cumulative Security Update for Outlook Express and Windows Mail (929123).
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-056: Security Update for Outlook Express and Windows Mail (941202).
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-048: Security Update for Outlook Express and Windows Mail (951066).
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-030: Vulnerability in Outlook Express and Windows Mail Could Allow Remote Code Execution (978542).
- BID-10711: Microsoft Outlook Express Malformed Email Header Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2004-0215: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 and 6 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed e-mail header.
- US-CERT VU#869640: Microsoft Outlook Express fails to properly validate malformed e-mail headers
Platforms Affected:
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 SP2
- Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 SP1 x64
- Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0
- Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 SP1
Reported:
Jul 13, 2004
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