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Category:   Application (E-mail Client)  >   Pine Vendors:   University of Washington
(Red Hat Issues Fix) Pine E-mail Client Buffer Overflows in Parsing Message Attributes Permit Remote Code Execution
SecurityTracker Alert ID:  1007677
SecurityTracker URL:  http://securitytracker.com/id/1007677
CVE Reference:   CAN-2003-0720, CAN-2003-0721   (Links to External Site)
Updated:  Dec 1 2003
Original Entry Date:  Sep 11 2003
Impact:   Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
Fix Available:  Yes  Vendor Confirmed:  Yes  
Version(s): 4.56 and prior versions
Description:   Two vulnerabilities were reported in the Pine e-mail client. A remote user can send e-mail that, when opened by the target user, will cause arbitrary code to be executed on the target user's system.

iDEFENSE reported that one of the vulnerabilities resides in the parsing of the message/external-body type attribute name/value pairs in the display_parameters() function in 'mailview.c'. A remote user can create an e-mail message where the length of the longest attribute is longer than the space allocated (SIZEOF_20KBUF = 20480 bytes) to hold the attribute.

The report also indicated that a separate integer overflow exists in the parsing of e-mail headers in the rfc2231_get_param() function in 'strings.c'. A remote user can cause an integer pointer to be set to a negative value that references an undefined index of a 64 byte character array, executing arbitrary user-supplied code.

Impact:   A remote user can send a specially crafted e-mail message that, when loaded by the target user, will execute arbitrary code on the target user's system. The code will run with the privileges of the target user.
Solution:   Red Hat has released a fix.

Red Hat Linux 7.1:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/SRPMS/pine-4.44-19.71.0.src.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/pine-4.44-19.71.0.i386.rpm

Red Hat Linux 7.2:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/SRPMS/pine-4.44-19.72.0.src.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/pine-4.44-19.72.0.i386.rpm

ia64:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/pine-4.44-19.72.0.ia64.rpm

Red Hat Linux 7.3:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/SRPMS/pine-4.44-19.73.0.src.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/pine-4.44-19.73.0.i386.rpm

Red Hat Linux 8.0:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/SRPMS/pine-4.44-19.80.0.src.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/pine-4.44-19.80.0.i386.rpm

Red Hat Linux 9:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/SRPMS/pine-4.44-19.90.0.src.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/pine-4.44-19.90.0.i386.rpm


The verification checksums are:

MD5 sum Package Name
7d16a8c9959c48b00854b0e5204da40f 7.1/en/os/SRPMS/pine-4.44-19.71.0.src.rpm
f697ec4914c7bc1184a420bf57168a02 7.1/en/os/i386/pine-4.44-19.71.0.i386.rpm
179dcdbfc746c0c13c00ceabc56b9916 7.2/en/os/SRPMS/pine-4.44-19.72.0.src.rpm
b55c7eee4a529db891c8534b71da58dd 7.2/en/os/i386/pine-4.44-19.72.0.i386.rpm
d525c79e4af4dcb005b478916465dc99 7.2/en/os/ia64/pine-4.44-19.72.0.ia64.rpm
1380b1c63c33d09654efeb861e1be897 7.3/en/os/SRPMS/pine-4.44-19.73.0.src.rpm
e34d70c895388072149dcaabae354b5d 7.3/en/os/i386/pine-4.44-19.73.0.i386.rpm
8813e64bc7b8cb41412e2181ffede805 8.0/en/os/SRPMS/pine-4.44-19.80.0.src.rpm
e3b55645647c36fa06bcf206fd6d5624 8.0/en/os/i386/pine-4.44-19.80.0.i386.rpm
8275c8b4a0184416f381a59a9178c996 9/en/os/SRPMS/pine-4.44-19.90.0.src.rpm
2e6c9c6d5d6eddcba5ee45114f9c3311 9/en/os/i386/pine-4.44-19.90.0.i386.rpm

Vendor URL:  www.washington.edu/pine/ (Links to External Site)
Cause:   Boundary error
Underlying OS:   Linux (Red Hat Linux)

Message History:   This archive entry is a follow-up to the message listed below.
Sep 10 2003 Pine E-mail Client Buffer Overflows in Parsing Message Attributes Permit Remote Code Execution



 Source Message Contents

Date:  Thu, 11 Sep 2003 02:51 -0400
Subject:  [RHSA-2003:273-01] Updated pine packages fix vulnerabilities


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                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Updated pine packages fix vulnerabilities
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2003:273-01
Issue date:        2003-09-11
Updated on:        2003-09-11
Product:           Red Hat Linux
Keywords:          iDefense
Cross references:  
Obsoletes:         RHSA-2002:270
CVE Names:         CAN-2003-0720 CAN-2003-0721
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------

1. Topic:

Updated Pine packages that resolve remotely exploitable security issues are
now available.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Linux 7.1 - i386
Red Hat Linux 7.2 - i386, ia64
Red Hat Linux 7.3 - i386
Red Hat Linux 8.0 - i386
Red Hat Linux 9 - i386

3. Problem description:

Pine, developed at the University of Washington, is a tool for reading,
sending, and managing electronic messages (including mail and news).

A buffer overflow exists in the way unpatched versions of Pine prior to
4.57 handle the 'message/external-body' type. The Common Vulnerabilities
and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2003-0720
to this issue.

An integer overflow exists in the Pine MIME header parsing in versions
prior to 4.57.  The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project
(cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2003-0721 to this issue.

Both of these flaws could be exploited by a remote attacker sending a
carefully crafted email to the victim that will execute arbitrary code when
the email is opened using Pine.

All users of Pine are advised to upgrade to these erratum packages, which
contain a backported security patch correcting these issues.

Red Hat would like to thank iDefense for bringing these issues to our
attention and the University of Washington for the patch.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:

rpm -Fvh [filenames]

where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade.  Only those
RPMs which are currently installed will be updated.  Those RPMs which are
not installed but included in the list will not be updated.  Note that you
can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the
desired RPMs.

Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network.  Many
people find this an easier way to apply updates.  To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

If up2date fails to connect to Red Hat Network due to SSL Certificate 
Errors, you need to install a version of the up2date client with an updated 
certificate.  The latest version of up2date is available from the Red Hat 
FTP site and may also be downloaded directly from the RHN website:

https://rhn.redhat.com/help/latest-up2date.pxt

5. RPMs required:

Red Hat Linux 7.1:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/SRPMS/pine-4.44-19.71.0.src.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/pine-4.44-19.71.0.i386.rpm

Red Hat Linux 7.2:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/SRPMS/pine-4.44-19.72.0.src.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/pine-4.44-19.72.0.i386.rpm

ia64:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/pine-4.44-19.72.0.ia64.rpm

Red Hat Linux 7.3:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/SRPMS/pine-4.44-19.73.0.src.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/pine-4.44-19.73.0.i386.rpm

Red Hat Linux 8.0:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/SRPMS/pine-4.44-19.80.0.src.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/pine-4.44-19.80.0.i386.rpm

Red Hat Linux 9:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/SRPMS/pine-4.44-19.90.0.src.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/pine-4.44-19.90.0.i386.rpm



6. Verification:

MD5 sum                          Package Name
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
7d16a8c9959c48b00854b0e5204da40f 7.1/en/os/SRPMS/pine-4.44-19.71.0.src.rpm
f697ec4914c7bc1184a420bf57168a02 7.1/en/os/i386/pine-4.44-19.71.0.i386.rpm
179dcdbfc746c0c13c00ceabc56b9916 7.2/en/os/SRPMS/pine-4.44-19.72.0.src.rpm
b55c7eee4a529db891c8534b71da58dd 7.2/en/os/i386/pine-4.44-19.72.0.i386.rpm
d525c79e4af4dcb005b478916465dc99 7.2/en/os/ia64/pine-4.44-19.72.0.ia64.rpm
1380b1c63c33d09654efeb861e1be897 7.3/en/os/SRPMS/pine-4.44-19.73.0.src.rpm
e34d70c895388072149dcaabae354b5d 7.3/en/os/i386/pine-4.44-19.73.0.i386.rpm
8813e64bc7b8cb41412e2181ffede805 8.0/en/os/SRPMS/pine-4.44-19.80.0.src.rpm
e3b55645647c36fa06bcf206fd6d5624 8.0/en/os/i386/pine-4.44-19.80.0.i386.rpm
8275c8b4a0184416f381a59a9178c996 9/en/os/SRPMS/pine-4.44-19.90.0.src.rpm
2e6c9c6d5d6eddcba5ee45114f9c3311 9/en/os/i386/pine-4.44-19.90.0.i386.rpm


These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security.  Our key is
available from https://www.redhat.com/security/keys.html

You can verify each package with the following command:
    
    rpm --checksig -v <filename>

If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or
tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command:
    
    md5sum <filename>


7. References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0720
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0721

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>.  More contact
details at https://www.redhat.com/solutions/security/news/contact.html

Copyright 2003 Red Hat, Inc.
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