GNOME Evolution Inline XML File Attachment Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:16408

Info

GNOME Evolution Inline XML File Attachment Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 16408
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 28 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 12 2006 10:48PM
Credit: Discovered by Mike Davis <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 amd64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2006.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2006.0
GNOME Evolution 2.3.7
GNOME Evolution 2.3.6 .1
GNOME Evolution 2.3.6
GNOME Evolution 2.3.5
GNOME Evolution 2.3.4
GNOME Evolution 2.3.3
GNOME Evolution 2.3.2
GNOME Evolution 2.3.1
GNOME Evolution 2.2.3
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

GNOME Evolution Inline XML File Attachment Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

GNOME Evolution email client is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability when processing messages containing inline XML file attachments with excessively long strings.

Exploit / POC

GNOME Evolution Inline XML File Attachment Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Mike Davis provided the following proof of concept:

perl -e 'printf "A"x40000' > evolution-dos-poc.xml

Solution / Fix

GNOME Evolution Inline XML File Attachment Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Please see the references for more information and fixes.

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


GNOME Evolution 2.2.3

References

GNOME Evolution Inline XML File Attachment Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

References:

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