Vulnerabilities > CVE-2004-0224 - Remote Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Courier
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
Multiple buffer overflows in (1) iso2022jp.c or (2) shiftjis.c for Courier-IMAP before 3.0.0, Courier before 0.45, and SqWebMail before 4.0.0 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code "when Unicode character is out of BMP range."
Vulnerable Configurations
Nessus
NASL family SMTP problems NASL id COURIER_OVERFLOWS.NASL description According to its version number, the version of Courier MTA running on the remote host has multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities. A remote attacker could exploit this to crash the service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 12102 published 2004-03-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/12102 title Courier < 0.45 Multiple Remote Overflows code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if(description) { script_id(12102); script_version("1.15"); script_cve_id("CVE-2004-0224"); script_bugtraq_id(9845); script_name(english:"Courier < 0.45 Multiple Remote Overflows"); script_summary(english:"Checks the version number"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote SMTP server has multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities." ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "According to its version number, the version of Courier MTA running on the remote host has multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities. A remote attacker could exploit this to crash the service, or possibly execute arbitrary code." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Courier 0.45 or later." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); 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_publication_date", value: "2004/03/14"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2004/03/11"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/06 11:26:08"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:"SMTP problems"); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_dependencie("find_service1.nasl", "smtpserver_detect.nasl"); script_require_ports("Services/smtp", 25); exit(0); } # # The script code starts here # include("smtp_func.inc"); port = get_kb_item("Services/smtp"); if(!port) port = 25; banner = get_smtp_banner(port:port); if(banner) { if ( egrep(pattern:"220.*Courier 0\.([0-9]\.|[0-3][0-9]\.|4[0-4]\.)", string:banner) ) { security_hole(port); exit(0); } }
NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-200403-06.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200403-06 (Multiple remote buffer overflow vulnerabilities in Courier) The vulnerabilities have been found in the last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 14457 published 2004-08-30 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/14457 title GLSA-200403-06 : Multiple remote buffer overflow vulnerabilities in Courier code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200403-06. # # The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc. # and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike # license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(14457); script_version("1.13"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:41"); script_cve_id("CVE-2004-0224"); script_bugtraq_id(9845); script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200403-06"); script_name(english:"GLSA-200403-06 : Multiple remote buffer overflow vulnerabilities in Courier"); script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200403-06 (Multiple remote buffer overflow vulnerabilities in Courier) The vulnerabilities have been found in the 'SHIFT_JIS' converter in 'shiftjis.c' and 'ISO2022JP' converter in 'so2022jp.c'. An attacker may supply Unicode characters that exceed BMP (Basic Multilingual Plane) range, causing an overflow. Impact : An attacker without privileges may exploit this vulnerability remotely, allowing arbitrary code to be executed in order to gain unauthorized access. Workaround : While a workaround is not currently known for this issue, all users are advised to upgrade to the latest version of the affected packages." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200403-06" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "All users should upgrade to current versions of the affected packages: # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=net-mail/courier-imap-3.0.0' # emerge '>=net-mail/courier-imap-3.0.0' # ** Or; depending on your installation... ** # emerge -pv '>=mail-mta/courier-0.45' # emerge '>=mail-mta/courier-0.45'" ); 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:gentoo:linux:courier"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:courier-imap"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2004/03/26"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/08/30"); 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:"Gentoo Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("qpkg.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (qpkg_check(package:"mail-mta/courier", unaffected:make_list("ge 0.45"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 0.45"))) flag++; if (qpkg_check(package:"net-mail/courier-imap", unaffected:make_list("ge 3.0.0"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 3.0.0"))) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else { tested = qpkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "mail-mta/courier / net-mail/courier-imap"); }
NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_98BD69C3834B11D8A41F0020ED76EF5A.NASL description The Courier set of mail services use a common Unicode library. This library contains buffer overflows in the converters for two popular Japanese character encodings. These overflows may be remotely exploitable, triggered by a maliciously formatted email message that is later processed by one of the Courier mail services. From the release notes for the corrected versions of the Courier set of mail services : iso2022jp.c: Converters became (upper-)compatible with ISO-2022-JP (RFC1468 / JIS X 0208:1997 Annex 2) and ISO-2022-JP-1 (RFC2237). Buffer overflow vulnerability (when Unicode character is out of BMP range) has been closed. Convert error handling was implemented. shiftjis.c: Broken SHIFT_JIS converters has been fixed and became (upper-)compatible with Shifted Encoding Method (JIS X 0208:1997 Annex 1). Buffer overflow vulnerability (when Unicode character is out of BMP range) has been closed. Convert error handling was implemented. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 19044 published 2005-07-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/19044 title FreeBSD : Courier mail services: remotely exploitable buffer overflows (98bd69c3-834b-11d8-a41f-0020ed76ef5a) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database : # # Copyright 2003-2018 Jacques Vidrine and contributors # # Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML, # HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification, # are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: # 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above # copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following # disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified. # 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs, # published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript, # RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright # notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer # in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the # distribution. # # THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" # AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, # THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR # PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS # BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, # OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT # OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR # BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, # WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE # OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION, # EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(19044); script_version("1.19"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:36"); script_cve_id("CVE-2004-0224"); script_bugtraq_id(9845); script_xref(name:"Secunia", value:"11087"); script_name(english:"FreeBSD : Courier mail services: remotely exploitable buffer overflows (98bd69c3-834b-11d8-a41f-0020ed76ef5a)"); script_summary(english:"Checks for updated packages in pkg_info output"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "The Courier set of mail services use a common Unicode library. This library contains buffer overflows in the converters for two popular Japanese character encodings. These overflows may be remotely exploitable, triggered by a maliciously formatted email message that is later processed by one of the Courier mail services. From the release notes for the corrected versions of the Courier set of mail services : iso2022jp.c: Converters became (upper-)compatible with ISO-2022-JP (RFC1468 / JIS X 0208:1997 Annex 2) and ISO-2022-JP-1 (RFC2237). Buffer overflow vulnerability (when Unicode character is out of BMP range) has been closed. Convert error handling was implemented. shiftjis.c: Broken SHIFT_JIS converters has been fixed and became (upper-)compatible with Shifted Encoding Method (JIS X 0208:1997 Annex 1). Buffer overflow vulnerability (when Unicode character is out of BMP range) has been closed. Convert error handling was implemented." ); # http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/courier/libs/unicode/iso2022jp.c?rev=1.10&view=markup script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?1a3ae431" ); # http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/courier/libs/unicode/shiftjis.c?rev=1.6&view=markup script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?6efec52b" ); # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/98bd69c3-834b-11d8-a41f-0020ed76ef5a.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?d834e6b5" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages."); 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:freebsd:freebsd:courier"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:courier-imap"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:sqwebmail"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2004/02/01"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2004/03/31"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/07/13"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("freebsd_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"courier<0.45")) flag++; if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"courier-imap<3.0,1")) flag++; if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"sqwebmail<4.0")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");