Emacs Movemail POP3 Remote Format String Vulnerability

BID:12462

Info

Emacs Movemail POP3 Remote Format String Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 12462
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2005-0100
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 07 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 30 2006 04:59AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to Max Vozeler.
Vulnerable: XEmacs Development Team XEmacs 21.4.15
+ Redhat Fedora Core3
+ Redhat Fedora Core2
XEmacs Development Team XEmacs 21.4.6
+ Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
+ Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
+ Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
+ Debian Linux 3.0 mips
+ Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
+ Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
+ Debian Linux 3.0 arm
+ Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
+ Debian Linux 3.0
XEmacs Development Team XEmacs 21.2.42
XEmacs Development Team XEmacs 21.1.10
+ Caldera OpenLinux 2.3
XEmacs Development Team XEmacs 2.1.13
XEmacs Development Team XEmacs 2.1.13
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
+ Linux kernel 2.4.21
+ Linux kernel 2.4.19
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 7
+ Linux kernel 2.4.19
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
SuSE Linux Desktop 1.0
SuSE Linux 8.1
SuSE Linux 8.0 i386
SuSE Linux 8.0
SGI ProPack 3.0
S.u.S.E. Novell Linux Desktop 9.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 8.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Database Server 0
S.u.S.E. Linux Connectivity Server
Redhat Linux 9.0 i386
Redhat Linux 7.3 i386
Redhat Fedora Core3
Redhat Fedora Core2
Redhat Fedora Core1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0 AMD64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 2.1 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 2.1
GNU Emacs 21.3
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ppc
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia64
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia32
GNU Emacs 20.0
+ Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
+ Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
+ Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
+ Debian Linux 3.0 mips
+ Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
+ Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
+ Debian Linux 3.0 arm
+ Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
Debian Linux 3.0 mips
Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
Debian Linux 3.0 arm
Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
Debian Linux 3.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Emacs Movemail POP3 Remote Format String Vulnerability

The movemail utility of Emacs is reported prone to a remote format-string vulnerability. This issue arises because the application fails to sanitize user-supplied data before passing it as the format specifier to a formatted-printing function.

A remote attacker may leverage this issue to write to arbitrary process memory, facilitating code execution. Any code execution would take place with setgid mail privileges.

Exploit / POC

Emacs Movemail POP3 Remote Format String Vulnerability


Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]

Solution / Fix

Emacs Movemail POP3 Remote Format String Vulnerability

Solution:
Please see the referenced advisories for more information.


GNU Emacs 20.0

GNU Emacs 21.3

XEmacs Development Team XEmacs 21.4.15

XEmacs Development Team XEmacs 21.4.6

SGI ProPack 3.0

References

Emacs Movemail POP3 Remote Format String Vulnerability

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