Sun Solaris MailTool Attachment Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	6279
Class:	Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Nov 29 2002 12:00AM
Updated:	Nov 29 2002 12:00AM
Credit:	Vulnerability announced by Sun Microsystems.
Vulnerable:	Sun Solaris 8_x86 Sun Solaris 8_sparc Sun Solaris 7.0_x86 Sun Solaris 7.0 Sun Solaris 2.6_x86 Sun Solaris 2.6
Not Vulnerable:

Sun Solaris MailTool Attachment Denial Of Service Vulnerability

mailtool is the graphical mail user agent packaged with the Common Desktop Environment (CDE). This vulnerability affects the Unix operating system, specifically Sun Solaris.

It has been discovered that mailtool does not properly handle some types of attachments. When a maliciously formatted attachment is sent to mailtool, it is possible to crash the program. This could result in a denial of service to legitimate users of the program.

Sun Solaris MailTool Attachment Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Sun Solaris MailTool Attachment Denial Of Service Vulnerability

References:

• 48216 (Sun Microsystems)