University of Washington IMAP 'smtp.c' Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:32280

Info

University of Washington IMAP 'smtp.c' Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 32280
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2008-5006
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 03 2008 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 29 2009 04:42PM
Credit: Nico Golde
Vulnerable: University of Washington imap 2007b
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.1
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.0
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 10.3
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.1 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.0
MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux 4.0 sparc
Debian Linux 4.0 s/390
Debian Linux 4.0 powerpc
Debian Linux 4.0 mipsel
Debian Linux 4.0 mips
Debian Linux 4.0 m68k
Debian Linux 4.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 4.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 4.0 hppa
Debian Linux 4.0 arm
Debian Linux 4.0 amd64
Debian Linux 4.0 alpha
Debian Linux 4.0
Not Vulnerable: University of Washington imap 2007d

Discussion

University of Washington IMAP 'smtp.c' Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

The University of Washington IMAP library is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability because it fails to handle malicious SMTP server behavior.

Successful exploits may allow remote attackers to cause denial-of-service conditions on client applications using the affected library.

This issue affects University of Washington IMAP 2007b; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

University of Washington IMAP 'smtp.c' Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

An attacker may exploit this issue using common networking tools.

Solution / Fix

University of Washington IMAP 'smtp.c' Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.


Debian Linux 4.0 amd64

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.1 x86_64

Debian Linux 4.0 ia-32

Debian Linux 4.0 arm

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.1

Debian Linux 4.0 hppa

Debian Linux 4.0 sparc

Debian Linux 4.0 s/390

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.0

Debian Linux 4.0 powerpc

Debian Linux 4.0 alpha

MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5 x86_64

Debian Linux 4.0 m68k

MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0

Debian Linux 4.0

Debian Linux 4.0 mipsel

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.0 x86_64

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.0 x86_64

MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.0

Debian Linux 4.0 ia-64

Debian Linux 4.0 mips

University of Washington imap 2007b

MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0 x86_64

MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0

MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0 x86_64

References

University of Washington IMAP 'smtp.c' Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

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