Rit Research Labs The Bat! MS DOS Device Name Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:4187

Info

Rit Research Labs The Bat! MS DOS Device Name Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 4187
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2002-0338
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 27 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 10:56AM
Credit: This issue was reported to BugTraq by 3APA3A <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Rit Research Labs The Bat! 1.53 d
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows ME
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
- Microsoft Windows XP Home
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Rit Research Labs The Bat! MS DOS Device Name Denial Of Service Vulnerability

The Bat! is an e-mail client for Microsoft Windows operating systems.

A problem occurs with The Bat! when it is configured to save attachments seperately from the body of a message. It is possible to include a MS-DOS device name (such as CON, AUX, PRN, etc.) in the filename of the attachment to cause a denial of service to an e-mail client with this configuration.

This appears to be an issue with The Bat! version 1.53d. Earlier versions do not appear to be affected.

Exploit / POC

Rit Research Labs The Bat! MS DOS Device Name Denial Of Service Vulnerability

This condition can be repoduced with the following example:

bash-2.03$ sendmail -U [email protected]
From: test
To: test
Content-Type: apllication/exe; name=lpt1

Test
.

Solution / Fix

Rit Research Labs The Bat! MS DOS Device Name Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:

Verions prior to 1.53d appear not to be vulnerable, so affected users may potentially downgrade their e-mail client to an earlier version.

Currently the SecurityFocus staff 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] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

Rit Research Labs The Bat! MS DOS Device Name Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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