gnubiff Multiple Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities

BID:11787

Info

gnubiff Multiple Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 11787
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Dec 01 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 01 2004 12:00AM
Credit: These issues were reported by the vendor.
Vulnerable: GNU gnubiff 2.0.2
GNU gnubiff 2.0.1
GNU gnubiff 2.0
GNU gnubiff 1.4
GNU gnubiff 1.2
GNU gnubiff 1.0.10
GNU gnubiff 1.0.9
GNU gnubiff 1.0.8
GNU gnubiff 1.0.7
GNU gnubiff 1.0.6
GNU gnubiff 1.0.5
GNU gnubiff 1.0.4
GNU gnubiff 1.0.3
GNU gnubiff 1.0.2
GNU gnubiff 1.0.1
Not Vulnerable: GNU gnubiff 2.0.3

Discussion

gnubiff Multiple Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities

It is reported that gnubiff contains multiple remote denial of service vulnerabilities.

gnubiff is reportedly unable to properly handle unterminated responses to certain IMAP and POP commands.

These vulnerabilities reportedly affect versions prior to 2.0.2 for cleartext connections, and versions prior to 2.0.3 for SSL connections.

Exploit / POC

gnubiff Multiple Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities

An exploit is not required.

Solution / Fix

gnubiff Multiple Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities

Solution:
The vendor has released version 2.0.3 of gnubiff to address this issue:


GNU gnubiff 1.0.1

GNU gnubiff 1.0.10

GNU gnubiff 1.0.2

GNU gnubiff 1.0.3

GNU gnubiff 1.0.4

GNU gnubiff 1.0.5

GNU gnubiff 1.0.6

GNU gnubiff 1.0.7

GNU gnubiff 1.0.8

GNU gnubiff 1.0.9

GNU gnubiff 1.2

GNU gnubiff 1.4

GNU gnubiff 2.0

GNU gnubiff 2.0.1

GNU gnubiff 2.0.2

References

gnubiff Multiple Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities

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