CVE-2014-3618

Summary

CVECVE-2014-3618
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-09-08 14:55:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 00:41:00 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in formisc.c in formail in procmail 3.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted email header, related to "unbalanced quotes."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 - lts All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 - lts All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 - lts All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 - lts All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Application Procmail Procmail 3.22 All All All
Application Procmail Procmail 3.22 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Procmail Formail Utility 'formisc.c' Heap Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2014-3618 MISC access.redhat.com
APPLE-SA-2015-09-30-3 OS X El Capitan 10.11 APPLE lists.apple.com
Security Advisory SA61076 - Oracle Linux update for procmail - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Security Advisory SA61090 - Red Hat update for procmail - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2014:1114-1: important: procmail: fixed SUSE lists.opensuse.org
USN-2340-1: procmail vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2014:1137-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
1137581 – (CVE-2014-3618) CVE-2014-3618 procmail: Heap-overflow in procmail's formail utility when processing specially-crafted email headers MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
Security Advisory SA61108 - SUSE update for procmail - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
oss-security - heap overflow in procmail MLIST www.openwall.com Exploit
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
linux.oracle.com | ELSA-2014-1172 CONFIRM linux.oracle.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3019-1 procmail DEBIAN www.debian.org
About the security content of OS X El Capitan v10.11 - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 900963 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for procmail (6802-1)
  • 901520 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for procmail (7331-1)
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