Solaris dtmail Vulnerability

BID:175

Info

Solaris dtmail Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 175
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Unknown
Published: Dec 17 1998 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 17 1998 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was released to the public by Sun Microsystems as Sun Bulletin 00181 on December 17, 1998.
Vulnerable: Sun Solaris 2.5.1 _x86
Sun Solaris 2.5.1
Sun Solaris 2.6_x86
Sun Solaris 2.6
Sun Solaris 2.5_x86
Sun Solaris 2.5
Sun Solaris 2.4_x86
Sun Solaris 2.4
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Solaris dtmail Vulnerability

Dtmail is a mail user agent (MUA) for the Common Desktop Environment (CDE). Several buffer overflow conditions have been found related to the way dtmail handles attachments. Thus, an unauthorized user may be able to exploit vulnerabilities in dtmail to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of mail and that of the user reading the tainted email.

Exploit / POC

Solaris dtmail Vulnerability

Currently the SecurityFocus staff 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

Solaris dtmail Vulnerability

Solution:
Patches are available to all Sun customers at http://sunsolve.sun.com


Sun Solaris 2.6
  • Sun 105338-14
    sparc


Sun Solaris 2.6_x86

Sun Solaris 2.5
  • Sun 106920-01
    sparc


Sun Solaris 2.5_x86
  • Sun 106921-01
    x86


Sun Solaris 2.5.1 _x86

Sun Solaris 2.5.1

References

Solaris dtmail Vulnerability

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