Vulnerabilities > CVE-2004-1098
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
MIMEDefang in MIME-tools 5.414 allows remote attackers to bypass virus scanning capabilities via an e-mail attachment with a virus that contains an empty boundary string in the Content-Type header.
Vulnerable Configurations
Nessus
NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRAKE_MDKSA-2004-123.NASL description There last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 15603 published 2004-11-02 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/15603 title Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : perl-MIME-tools (MDKSA-2004:123) 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-2004:123. # The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(15603); script_version ("1.16"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:47"); script_cve_id("CVE-2004-1098"); script_xref(name:"MDKSA", value:"2004:123"); script_name(english:"Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : perl-MIME-tools (MDKSA-2004:123)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "There's a bug in MIME-tools, where it mis-parses things like boundary=''. Some viruses use an empty boundary, which may allow unapproved parts through MIMEDefang. The updated packages are patched to fix this problem. As well, the Updated perl-MIME-tools requires MIME::Base64 version 3.03. Since MIME::Base64 is integrated in the perl package on Mandakelinux, these updates now provide the newer version." ); # http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/pipermail/mimedefang/2004-October/024959.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?dcea122c" ); 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_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:perl"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:perl-MIME-tools"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:perl-base"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:perl-devel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:perl-doc"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.1"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.2"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2004/11/01"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/11/02"); 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:"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:"MDK10.0", reference:"perl-5.8.3-5.1.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", cpu:"amd64", reference:"perl-MIME-tools-5.415-1.0.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", reference:"perl-MIME-tools-5.415-1.0.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", reference:"perl-base-5.8.3-5.1.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", reference:"perl-devel-5.8.3-5.1.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", reference:"perl-doc-5.8.3-5.1.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", reference:"perl-5.8.5-3.1.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", reference:"perl-MIME-tools-5.415-1.0.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"perl-MIME-tools-5.415-1.0.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", reference:"perl-base-5.8.5-3.1.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", reference:"perl-devel-5.8.5-3.1.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", reference:"perl-doc-5.8.5-3.1.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK9.2", reference:"perl-5.8.1-0.RC4.3.1.92mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK9.2", cpu:"amd64", reference:"perl-MIME-tools-5.415-1.0.92mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK9.2", reference:"perl-MIME-tools-5.415-1.0.92mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK9.2", reference:"perl-base-5.8.1-0.RC4.3.1.92mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK9.2", reference:"perl-devel-5.8.1-0.RC4.3.1.92mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK9.2", reference:"perl-doc-5.8.1-0.RC4.3.1.92mdk", 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");
NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-200411-06.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200411-06 (MIME-tools: Virus detection evasion) MIME-tools doesn last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 15608 published 2004-11-03 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/15608 title GLSA-200411-06 : MIME-tools: Virus detection evasion 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 200411-06. # # 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(15608); script_version("1.16"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:41"); script_cve_id("CVE-2004-1098"); script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200411-06"); script_name(english:"GLSA-200411-06 : MIME-tools: Virus detection evasion"); 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-200411-06 (MIME-tools: Virus detection evasion) MIME-tools doesn't correctly parse attachment boundaries with an empty name (boundary=''). Impact : An attacker could send a carefully crafted email and evade detection on some email virus-scanning programs using MIME-tools for attachment decoding. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time." ); # http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/pipermail/mimedefang/2004-October/024959.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?dcea122c" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200411-06" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "All MIME-tools users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-perl/MIME-tools-5.415'" ); 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:gentoo:linux:MIME-tools"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2004/11/02"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/11/03"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2004/11/02"); 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:"dev-perl/MIME-tools", unaffected:make_list("ge 5.415"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 5.415"))) 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, "MIME-tools"); }