Metamail Message Processing Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:16611

Info

Metamail Message Processing Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 16611
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2006-0709
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 12 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 19 2015 09:27AM
Credit: Discovered by Ulf Harnhammar <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
+ Linux kernel 2.4.21
+ Linux kernel 2.4.19
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux Standard Server 8.0
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux School Server for i386
S.u.S.E. SUSE LINUX Retail Solution 8.0
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux Openexchange Server 4.0
S.u.S.E. Open-Enterprise-Server 9.0
S.u.S.E. Novell Linux Desktop 9.0
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 Professional 9.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.1 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.0 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 8.2
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
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 Desktop 1.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1 IA64
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1 IA64
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
RedHat Advanced Workstation for the Itanium Processor 2.1 IA64
RedHat Advanced Workstation for the Itanium Processor 2.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1 IA64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
Metamail Metamail 2.7
+ 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
 + FreeBSD FreeBSD 2.2.2
+ RedHat Linux 4.2
+ SCO Open UNIX 8.0
+ SCO Unixware 7.1.3
+ SCO Unixware 7.1.2
+ SCO Unixware 7.1.1
+ Slackware Linux 9.1
+ Slackware Linux 9.0
+ Slackware Linux 8.0
+ Slackware Linux -current
 Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2006.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2006.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux 3.1 sparc
Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
Debian Linux 3.1 mips
Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
Debian Linux 3.1 arm
Debian Linux 3.1 amd64
Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
Debian Linux 3.1
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

Metamail Message Processing Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Metamail is prone to a remote buffer-overflow vulnerability.

This issue arises when the application handles messages with large string values for boundaries.

This can cause memory corruption and trigger a crash in the application. This issue may also lead to arbitrary code execution, but this is unconfirmed.

Metamail 2.7 is reportedly vulnerable, but other versions may be affected as well.

Exploit / POC

Metamail Message Processing Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability


A proof of concept is available from the following location:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi/metamail.txt?bug=352482;msg=5;att=1

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

Metamail Message Processing Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:

A patch by Ulf Harnhammar <[email protected]> is available at the following location:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi/metamail.boundarycrash.patch?bug=352482;msg=5;att=2

Symantec has not verified this patch.

Please see the referenced vendor advisories for more information and fixes.


Metamail Metamail 2.7

References

Metamail Message Processing Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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