Vulnerabilities > CVE-2003-0299 - Denial-Of-Service vulnerability in Balsa

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
mutt
stuart-parmenter
nessus

Summary

The IMAP Client, as used in mutt 1.4.1 and Balsa 2.0.10, allows remote malicious IMAP servers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain large mailbox size values that cause either integer signedness errors or integer overflow errors.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Mutt
1
Application
Stuart_Parmenter
1

Nessus

  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-300.NASL
    descriptionByrial 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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id15137
    published2004-09-29
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/15137
    titleDebian 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 familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-274.NASL
    descriptionByrial 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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id15111
    published2004-09-29
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/15111
    titleDebian 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");