Mutt Buffer Overflow in browse_get_namespace() Lets Remote Servers Execute Arbitrary Code
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1016482
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1016482
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CVE Reference: CVE-2006-3242
(Links to External Site)
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OSVDB Reference: 26814
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Jul 12 2006
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Impact: Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
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Fix Available: Yes
Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 1.5.11 and prior versions
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in Mutt. A remote user can execute arbitrary code on the target user's system.
A remote IMAP server can return specially crafted namespace data to the connected Mutt client to trigger a buffer overflow in browse_get_namespace()
and execute arbitrary code on the client system.
The flaw resides in 'imap/browse.c'.
This vulnerability was reported in June
2006.
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Impact: A remote user can execute arbitrary code on the target system.
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Solution: The vendor has issued a source code fix, available via CVS.
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Vendor URL: www.mutt.org/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause: Boundary error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any)
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Message History:
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 16:59:13 -0400
Subject: Mutt
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http://dev.mutt.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=mutt/.git;a=commit;h=dc0272b749f0e2b102973b7ac43dbd390850754
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> Fix browse_get_namespace() which could overflow ns[LONG_STRING].
> (Possible remote vulnerability)
CVE-2006-3242
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