University of Washington c-client DoS Vulnerability

BID:1646

Info

University of Washington c-client DoS Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 1646
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Sep 06 2000 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 06 2000 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was first reported to Bugtraq on Friday September 1, 2000 by Juhapekka Tolvanen < [email protected] >.
Vulnerable: University of Washington Pine 4.21
+ Redhat Linux 7.0 i386
+ Redhat Linux 7.0 alpha
+ Redhat Linux 6.2 sparc
+ Redhat Linux 6.2 i386
+ Redhat Linux 6.2 alpha
+ Slackware Linux 7.1
+ Slackware Linux 7.0
University of Washington Pine 4.20
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 6.0
University of Washington imap 4.7 c
University of Washington imap 4.7 b
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

University of Washington c-client DoS Vulnerability

The c-client library is used by many mail related programs from the University of Washington. There is a vulnerability in the library that crashes certain programs when mail is received containing multiple lines in the X-Keywords header field. This condition also damages the user's mail spool so that it requires manual repair.

Exploit / POC

University of Washington c-client DoS Vulnerability

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References

University of Washington c-client DoS Vulnerability

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