Vulnerabilities > CVE-2000-0909 - Unspecified vulnerability in University of Washington Pine 4.0.4/4.10/4.21

047910
CVSS 0.0 - NONE
Attack vector
UNKNOWN
Attack complexity
UNKNOWN
Privileges required
UNKNOWN
Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN
Integrity impact
UNKNOWN
Availability impact
UNKNOWN
university-of-washington
nessus
exploit available

Summary

Buffer overflow in the automatic mail checking component of Pine 4.21 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long From: header.

Exploit-Db

descriptionUoW Pine 4.0.4/4.10/4.21 "From:" Field Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. CVE-2000-0909. Remote exploit for linux platform
idEDB-ID:20237
last seen2016-02-02
modified2000-09-23
published2000-09-23
reporterArkane
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/20237/
titleUoW Pine 4.0.4/4.10/4.21 - "From:" Field Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Nessus

NASL familyMandriva Local Security Checks
NASL idMANDRAKE_MDKSA-2000-073.NASL
descriptionBy adding specific headers to messages, the pine mail reader could be made to exit with an error message when users attempted to manipulate mail folders containing those messages. Update : The previous announcement did not make mention of another vulnerability in pine 4.21 and previous in that it also contains a buffer overflow vulnerability which allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code on the local client by the sending of a specially crafted email message. The overflow occurs during the periodic
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id61859
published2012-09-06
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/61859
titleMandrake Linux Security Advisory : pine (MDKSA-2000:073-1)
code
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Mandrake Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2000:073. 
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(61859);
  script_version("1.6");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:46");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2000-0909");
  script_xref(name:"MDKSA", value:"2000:073-1");

  script_name(english:"Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : pine (MDKSA-2000:073-1)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"By adding specific headers to messages, the pine mail reader could be
made to exit with an error message when users attempted to manipulate
mail folders containing those messages.

Update :

The previous announcement did not make mention of another
vulnerability in pine 4.21 and previous in that it also contains a
buffer overflow vulnerability which allows a remote user to execute
arbitrary code on the local client by the sending of a specially
crafted email message. The overflow occurs during the periodic 'new
mail' checking of an open folder."
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected pine package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:pine");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:6.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:6.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.2");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2000/11/27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/09/06");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Mandriva Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/Mandrake/release", "Host/Mandrake/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mandriva / Mandake Linux");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu !~ "^(amd64|i[3-6]86|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Mandriva / Mandrake Linux", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK6.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"pine-4.30-3.3mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"MDK6.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"pine-4.30-3.3mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"pine-4.30-3.3mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"pine-4.30-3.2mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.2", cpu:"i386", reference:"pine-4.30-3.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

Redhat

advisories
rhsa
idRHSA-2000:102