CVE-2021-44143

Summary

CVECVE-2021-44143
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-11-22 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:39:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in mbsync in isync 1.4.0 through 1.4.3. Due to an unchecked condition, a malicious or compromised IMAP server could use a crafted mail message that lacks headers (i.e., one that starts with an empty line) to provoke a heap overflow, which could conceivably be exploited for remote code execution.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 11.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 35 All All All
Application Isync Project Isync All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: isync-1.4.4-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: isync-1.4.4-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
isync: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-15) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Isync / isync / Browse Commits MISC sourceforge.net
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: isync-1.4.4-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
#999804 - crash after upgrade to 1.4.3 - Debian Bug report logs MISC bugs.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: isync-1.4.4-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Tags: isync.git MISC sourceforge.net
oss-security - CVE-2021-44143: heap overflow in isync/mbsync MLIST www.openwall.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 183069 Debian Security Update for isync (CVE-2021-44143)
  • 282098 Fedora Security Update for isync (FEDORA-2021-577129851b)
  • 282123 Fedora Security Update for isync (FEDORA-2021-b7fdb7e69a)
  • 502104 Alpine Linux Security Update for isync
  • 504954 Alpine Linux Security Update for isync
  • 710592 Gentoo Linux isync Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-15)
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