Pegasus Mail <= 3.11 Binary Message Handling Remote Overflow

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 1301

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

The remote host is running Pegasus 3.11 mail client which contains a vulnerability, where if more than approximately 90KB of binary data is placed in the body of a message, an overflow will occur, causing the program to crash and/or allowing for the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade to the latest version of Pegasus.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 1301

Family: SMTP Clients

Published: 8/20/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:X

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:david_harris:pegasus_mail

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2000-0931

BID: 1750

Detections

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