Vulnerabilities > CVE-2003-0167 - Remote Folder Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Mutt IMAP
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
Multiple off-by-one buffer overflows in the IMAP capability for Mutt 1.3.28 and earlier, and Balsa 1.2.4 and earlier, allow a remote malicious IMAP server to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted mail folder, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-0140.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 9 |
Nessus
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-300.NASL description Byrial Jensen discovered a couple of off-by-one buffer overflow in the IMAP code of Mutt, a text-oriented mail reader supporting IMAP, MIME, GPG, PGP and threading. This code is imported in the Balsa package. This problem could potentially allow a remote malicious IMAP server to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted mail folder. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 15137 published 2004-09-29 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/15137 title Debian DSA-300-1 : balsa - buffer overflow code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-300. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(15137); script_version("1.20"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:17"); script_cve_id("CVE-2003-0167", "CVE-2003-0299"); script_bugtraq_id(7229); script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"300"); script_name(english:"Debian DSA-300-1 : balsa - buffer overflow"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Byrial Jensen discovered a couple of off-by-one buffer overflow in the IMAP code of Mutt, a text-oriented mail reader supporting IMAP, MIME, GPG, PGP and threading. This code is imported in the Balsa package. This problem could potentially allow a remote malicious IMAP server to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted mail folder." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-300" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade the balsa package. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.4-2.2. The old stable distribution (potato) does not seem to be affected by this problem." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:balsa"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2003/05/06"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/09/29"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2003/05/06"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("debian_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"balsa", reference:"1.2.4-2.2")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-274.NASL description Byrial Jensen discovered a couple of off-by-one buffer overflow in the IMAP code of Mutt, a text-oriented mail reader supporting IMAP, MIME, GPG, PGP and threading. This problem could potentially allow a remote malicious IMAP server to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted mail folder. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 15111 published 2004-09-29 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/15111 title Debian DSA-274-1 : mutt - buffer overflow code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-274. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(15111); script_version("1.22"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:17"); script_cve_id("CVE-2003-0167", "CVE-2003-0299"); script_bugtraq_id(7229); script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"274"); script_name(english:"Debian DSA-274-1 : mutt - buffer overflow"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Byrial Jensen discovered a couple of off-by-one buffer overflow in the IMAP code of Mutt, a text-oriented mail reader supporting IMAP, MIME, GPG, PGP and threading. This problem could potentially allow a remote malicious IMAP server to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted mail folder." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-274" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade the mutt package. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.28-2.2. The old stable distribution (potato) is also affected by this problem and an update will follow." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mutt"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:2.2"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2003/03/28"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/09/29"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2003/03/28"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("debian_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (deb_check(release:"2.2", prefix:"mutt", reference:"1.2.5-5.2")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"mutt", reference:"1.3.28-2.2")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"mutt-utf8", reference:"1.3.28-2.2")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");