Bogofilter EMail Filter Remote Quoted Printable Decoder Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:11568

Info

Bogofilter EMail Filter Remote Quoted Printable Decoder Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 11568
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2004-1007
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 01 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 19 2015 08:31AM
Credit: Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho is credited with the discovery of this issue.
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ppc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia32
Bogofilter Project Email Filter 0.92.7
Bogofilter Project Email Filter 0.92.6
Bogofilter Project Email Filter 0.92.4
Bogofilter Project Email Filter 0.92
Bogofilter Project Email Filter 0.9 .0.5
Bogofilter Project Email Filter 0.9 .0.4
Bogofilter Project Email Filter 0.9 .0.3
Not Vulnerable: Bogofilter Project Email Filter 0.92.8

Discussion

Bogofilter EMail Filter Remote Quoted Printable Decoder Denial Of Service Vulnerability

A remote quoted printable decoder denial of service vulnerability reportedly affects Bogofilter. This issue is due to a failure of the application to handle malformed email headers.

An attacker can leverage this issue to cause the affected email filter to crash, denying service to all legitimate users.

Exploit / POC

Bogofilter EMail Filter Remote Quoted Printable Decoder Denial Of Service Vulnerability

No exploit is required to leverage this issue.

Solution / Fix

Bogofilter EMail Filter Remote Quoted Printable Decoder Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an upgrade dealing with this issue.

Ubuntu Linux has released advisory USN-26-1 along with fixes to address this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for further information.


Bogofilter Project Email Filter 0.9 .0.3

Bogofilter Project Email Filter 0.9 .0.4

Bogofilter Project Email Filter 0.9 .0.5

Bogofilter Project Email Filter 0.92

Bogofilter Project Email Filter 0.92.4

Bogofilter Project Email Filter 0.92.6

Bogofilter Project Email Filter 0.92.7

References

Bogofilter EMail Filter Remote Quoted Printable Decoder Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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