Metamail email message boundary header buffer overflow
| metamail-boundary-bo (24702) |  High Risk |
Description:
Metamail is vulnerable to a buffer overflow caused by improper bounds checking of boundary headers. By creating a malicious email message containing an overly long boundary header, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and cause the application to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code on the victim's system, once the malicious email is processed by Metamail.
Platforms Affected:
- Debian, Debian Linux 3.0
- Debian, Debian Linux 3.1
- Gentoo, Linux
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 10.1 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 10.1
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2006 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2006
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux LE2005
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux LE2005 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS
- RedHat, Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 Itanium
- Telcordia Technologies, Metamail 2.7
Remedy:
For Debian GNU/Linux:
Refer to DSA-996-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Red Hat Linux:
Refer to RHSA-2006:0217-4 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Gentoo Linux:
Refer to Gentoo Linux Security Announcement GLSA 2006-03-16 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Debian Bug report logs - #352482, metamail: crashes with very long boundaries in messages at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=352482.
- ASA-2006-060: metamail security update (RHSA-2006-0217)
- BID-16611: Metamail Message Processing Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-0709: Buffer overflow in Metamail 2.7-50 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via e-mail messages with a long boundary attribute, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0105.
- DSA-995: metamail -- buffer overflow
- GLSA-200603-16: Metamail: Buffer overflow
- MDKSA-2006:047: Updated metamail packages fix vulnerability
- RHSA-2006-0217: metamail security update
- SA18796: Metamail Mail Boundary Handling Buffer Overflow
- SECTRACK ID: 1015654: Metamail Buffer Overflow Lets Remote Users Deny Service
- SUSE-SR:2006:005: SUSE Security Summary Report
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-0565: Metamail Mail Boundary Handling Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Reported:
Feb 14, 2006
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