Metamail Buffer Overflow Lets Remote Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1015654 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1015654
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2006-0709
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Feb 21 2006
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Impact:
Denial of service via network
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Exploit Included: Yes
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Version(s): 2.7
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Metamail. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote user can send a specially crafted, long e-mail message to trigger a buffer overflow and cause Metamail to crash.
The flaw resides in 'src/metamail/metamail.c'.
Ulf Harnhammar discovered this vulnerability.
The original report is available at:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=352482
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Impact:
A remote user can cause the process to crash.
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Solution:
No solution was available at the time of this entry.
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Cause:
Boundary error
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Underlying OS:
Linux (Any), UNIX (Any)
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Message History:
This archive entry has one or more follow-up message(s) listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 13:25:40 -0500
Subject: Metamail denial of service
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http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=352482
CVE-2006-0709
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