5708 : Multiple E-mail Client Long File Name MIME Overflow
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
3	400	over 7 years ago	over 3 years ago	0 times	90%

Timeline

Discovery Date	Disclosure Date
1998-06-29	1998-07-27

Description

A remote overflow exists in several mail user agents (MUAs). The MUAs fail to properly cope with tags that identify an attachment, resulting in a buffer overflow. With a specially crafted e-mail, an attacker can potentially execute arbitrary code resulting in a loss of confidentiality and/or integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality, Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Rumored
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Technical

According to Netscape, this vulnerability does not apply to versions of Communicator for Windows or Macintosh.

Solution

Upgrade to the proper version depending on the MUA installed, according to the vendor advisories, as they have been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known client side workarounds.

Sendmail has implemented a patch that can be implemented as a workaround if used as an MTA. The patch is listed in the external references.

Products

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

dtmail

1.2

Michael Elkins

Mutt

0.93.1 (i)

Microsoft Corporation	Outlook Express	4.27.3110
		4.72.2106
	Outlook	98

Netscape Communications Corporation	Communicator	4.5
		4.5 BETA

Sun Microsystems, Inc.	mailtool	4.1.3_U1
		4.1.4
		5.3
		5.4
		5.5
		5.5.1
		5.6

University of Washington

Pine

4.0.2

References

ISS X-Force ID: 1217
Bugtraq ID: 125
CVE ID: 1999-0004 (see also: NVD)
CERT VU: 5648
CERT: CA-1998-10
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/175
http://wp.netscape.com/security/notes/details.html#8
Generic Informational URL: http://www.sendmail.org/ftp/past-releases/sendmail.8.9.1a.patch.README
CIAC Advisory: i-077b
Microsoft Security Bulletin: MS99-008

Credit

Ari Takanen and Marko Laakso - Oulu University Secure Programming Group

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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