Evolution Mailer Malformed MIME Header Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:4715

Info

Evolution Mailer Malformed MIME Header Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 4715
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 06 2002 12:00AM
Updated: May 06 2002 12:00AM
Credit: This issue was originally publicized in a Red Hat advisory.
Vulnerable: Ximian Evolution 1.0.4
Ximian Evolution 1.0.3
+ Redhat Linux 7.3
Not Vulnerable: Ximian Evolution 1.0.5
+ 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

Discussion

Evolution Mailer Malformed MIME Header Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Evolution is personal and workgroup information management software for Linux and Unix based systems. It provides a mailer, calendaring, and a contact manager.

Evolution is prone to a denial of service condition. This condition occurs when the Evolution mailer attempts to parse an e-mail with a malformed MIME header.

Exploit / POC

Evolution Mailer Malformed MIME Header Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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Solution / Fix

Evolution Mailer Malformed MIME Header Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Upgraded packages have been made available for Conectiva Linux 8.0. Conectiva Linux 7.0 also ships with Evolution, however, the vendor has announced that fixed packages will not be made available for this version of the distribution.

Additional upgrades are available.


Ximian Evolution 1.0.3

Ximian Evolution 1.0.4

References

Evolution Mailer Malformed MIME Header Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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