Multiple Vendor S/MIME ASN.1 Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

BID:8981

Info

Multiple Vendor S/MIME ASN.1 Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 8981
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2003-0564
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 05 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 12:56AM
Credit: The disclosure of these issues has been credited to The U.K. National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Center (NISCC).
Vulnerable: SGI ProPack 3.0
SGI ProPack 2.4
SGI ProPack 2.3
Redhat Linux 9.0 i386
Redhat Linux 7.3 i686
Redhat Linux 7.3 i386
Redhat Linux 7.3
Redhat Fedora Core1
Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.8
+ Galeon Galeon Browser 1.2.13
+ Mozilla Browser 1.4.1
+ Mozilla Browser 1.4.1
+ Mozilla Browser 1.4 b
 + Mozilla Browser 1.4 b
 + Mozilla Browser 1.4 a
 + Mozilla Browser 1.4 a
 + Mozilla Browser 1.4
+ Mozilla Browser 1.4
Mozilla Browser 1.4.2
Mozilla Browser 1.4.1
Mozilla Browser 1.4 b
Mozilla Browser 1.4 a
Mozilla Browser 1.4
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.2 amd64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.2
Hitachi PKI Runtime Library
Hitachi Groupmax Mail - Security Option 6.0
Not Vulnerable: Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.9
+ Mozilla Browser 1.5

Discussion

Exploit / POC

Multiple Vendor S/MIME ASN.1 Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

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Solution / Fix

Multiple Vendor S/MIME ASN.1 Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

Solution:
SGI have released an advisory (20040402-01-U) and a patch to address this issue in SGI ProPack version 2.3 and 2.4. The vendor has advised that customers apply this patch as soon as possible. Further details regarding obtaining and applying an appropriate patch can be found in the referenced advisory. Patch is linked below.

Mandrake has released an advisory MDKSA-2004:021 to address this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

Redhat has released advisory RHSA-2004:112-01 dealing with this issue. Please see the reference for more information.

RedHat has released an update to the previously released advisory RHSA-2004:110-19, RHSA-2004:110-20 is now available and deals with this issue for their Enterprise linux distribution. Please see the referenced advisory for more information and details on obtaining fixes.

HP has released advisory HPSBUX01036-SSRT4722 dealing with this and other issues; fixes have been provided.

SGI has released an advisory (20040506-01-U) with Patch 10075 for SGI
ProPack 3 to address this and other issues. Please see the referenced
advisory for more information.

The Fedora Legacy project has released advisory FLSA-2004:2089 along with fixes to address multiple issues in RedHat Fedora Core 1, and RedHat Linux 7.3 and 9.0. Please see the referenced advisory for further information.


Mozilla Browser 1.4 b

Mozilla Browser 1.4

Mozilla Browser 1.4 a

Mozilla Browser 1.4.1

Mozilla Browser 1.4.2

SGI ProPack 2.3

SGI ProPack 2.4

SGI ProPack 3.0

Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.8

References

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